272 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This detailed study of eighty European journeys examines the everyday spatial concerns of nineteenth-century travelers, with a focus on travelers from the Netherlands and North Sea region.
From common soldiers in revolutionary Belgium to guests of the tsars in Russia, many of their travel accounts are here examined for the first time. Chapters analyze the different meanings of the home and... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Away from Home 3. Good Company and Bad 4. Dirt, Darkness, Disorder 5. Cleanliness as Progress 6. The Heat, the Cold, the Wet, Hard, and Cramped
Biography
Anna P.H. Geurts (Radboud University) researches eighteenth-to twentieth-century experiences of space, time, and movement in and between Europe and the Caribbean. In addition, they have translated and published about migrant author Neel Doff.
