Unspeakable Awfulness

Name: Unspeakable Awfulness
Brand: Routledge
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By Rose, Kenneth D.

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The late nineteenth century was a golden age for European travel in the United States. For prosperous Europeans, a journey to America was a fresh alternative to the more familiar 'Grand Tour' of their own continent, promising encounters with a vast, wild landscape, and with people whose culture was similar enough to their own to be intelligible, yet different enough to be interesting. Their observations of America and its inhabitants provide a striking lens on this era of American history, and a fascinating glimpse into how the people of the past perceived one another.
In Unspeakable Awfulness, Kenneth D. Rose gathers together a broad selection of the observations made by European travellers to the United States. European visitors remarked upon what they saw as a distinctly American approach to everything from class, politics, and race to language, food, and advertising. Their assessments of the 'American character' continue to echo today, and create a full portrait of late-nineteenth century America as seen through the eyes of its visitors.
Including vivid travellers' tales and plentiful illustrations, Unspeakable Awfulness is a rich resource that will be useful to students and appeal to anyone interested in travel history and narratives.

Product details

Edition:: illustrated
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 304
Publisher:: Routledge
Publication Date:: 2013-10-21
ISBN / EAN:: 9780415817646
Weight:: 594 g
Dimensions:: 16/24/2 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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