Canadian Travellers in Europe, 1851-1900

by Eva-Marie Kröller

This book provides both a detailed survey of Canadian travel writing in the nineteenth century and an unusual perspective on Canadian cultural history. The Canadians who wrote about their experience abroad during the era of mass travel which followed the advent of the steamship reveal much about themselves and their own country as well. Who were these travellers, why did they travel, and what did they expect to see? In answering these questions, Eva-Marie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774802723
• ISBN13: 9780774802727
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher