This collection of essays and articles shows how Latin Americans' travels and residency abroad helped them re-examine their own origins and perceptions of their homeland. Latin Americans travelled both purposefully and frequently in the 19th and 20th centuries. Strange Pilgrimages reveals their experiences in Europe and the United States, and explores their power to shape opinions and bring outside influence back to Latin America. The book analyzes Latin Americans' long-standing attraction to and interest in other cultures and barometers of their own progress. In addition, it examines the...
This collection of essays and articles shows how Latin Americans' travels and residency abroad helped them re-examine their own origins and perception...
This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlantic world. Focusing on life stories that represented movement across or around the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to 1850, The Human Tradition in the Atlantic World, 1500-1850 explores transatlantic connections by following individuals whose experience took them far beyond their local communities to new and unfamiliar places. A formidable barrier, the Atlantic Ocean profoundly influenced the lives it touched. For some brave or desperate souls, it...
This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlant...
This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlantic world. Focusing on life stories that represented movement across or around the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to 1850, The Human Tradition in the Atlantic World, 1500-1850 explores transatlantic connections by following individuals whose experience took them far beyond their local communities to new and unfamiliar places. A formidable barrier, the Atlantic Ocean profoundly influenced the lives it touched. For some brave or desperate souls, it...
This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the Atlant...