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Title:

Crossing the Atlantic : travel and travel writing in modern times / edited by Thomas Adam and Nils H. Roemer ; with an introduction by Frank Trommler ; contributors: Ashley Sides ... [et al.].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Travel writing--United States--History--19th century.
Travel writing--United States--History--20th century.
Travel writing--Germany--History--19th century.
Travel writing--Germany--History--20th century.
Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, German--History and criticism.
Women travelers--History--19th century.
Travel writing--Middle East--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Adam, Thomas, 1968-
Roemer, Nils H.
Sides, Ashley.

Notes:

Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

American travelers in Europe -- 'That humane and advanced civilization': interpreting Americans' values from their praise of Saxony, 1800-1850 / Ashley Sides -- Internationalism, travel writing, and Franco-American educational travel, 1898-1939 / Whitney Walton -- German travelers in the United States -- Social crossings: German leftists view 'Amerika' and reflect themselves, 1870-1914 / Dieter K. Buse -- Mapping modernity: Jews and other German travelers / Nils H. Roemer -- Between modernity and antimodernity: from enthusiasm to hostility in German perceptions of big cities in America, 1870s-1930s / Andrew Lees -- Gender and travel -- Travel, gender, and identity: George and Anna Ticknor's travel journals from their 1835-36 journey to Dresden / Thomas Adam -- The women of Palestine in American women's travel writing / James Ross-Nazzal.

Series:

The Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; no. 42

ISBN:

1603442928 (e-book)
9781603442923 (e-book)
1603442650 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603442657 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)657270864

LCCN:

2010034083

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)