Women Through Women's Eyes: Latin American Women in 19th Century Travel Accounts

by June E. Hahner

The nineteenth century was a period of peak popularity for travel to Latin America, where a new political independence was accompanied by loosened travel restrictions. Such expeditions resulted in numerous travel accounts, most by men. However, because this period was a time of significant change and exploration, a small but growing minority of female voyagers also portrayed the people and places that they encountered.

Women through Women's Eyes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B006Z19VZS
• ISBN13: 9780842026345
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"