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Routledge Unspeakable Awfulness: European Travel in America 1865-1900

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Unspeakable Awfulness offers a fascinating historical perspective through the eyes of European travellers who visited the United States between 1865 and 1900. During this golden age of transatlantic tourism, prosperous Europeans sought adventure beyond the traditional Grand Tour of Europe, discovering a vast, wild landscape populated by people whose culture was both familiar and intriguingly different. This Routledge publication presents their candid observations and documented impressions of American society, culture, and geography during a transformative period in American history. These first-hand accounts provide striking insights into how travellers perceived the American landscape, institutions, and inhabitants, whilst simultaneously revealing the attitudes and expectations of nineteenth-century European society. The book captures the intellectual curiosity and cultural commentary of an era when international travel was reshaping cross-Atlantic understanding, making it an essential resource for historians, students of American history, and readers interested in period travel narratives and cultural encounters.

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Unspeakable Awfulness compiles accounts from European travellers who journeyed to America between 1865 and 1900, documenting their authentic observations and impressions.

The collection showcases how prosperous Europeans viewed American landscapes, culture, and society during the post-Civil War era of rapid transformation.

Published by Routledge, this book offers scholarly analysis of historical travel accounts that illuminate both American development and European perceptions.

First-hand travel narratives in this volume reveal the contrasts between European and American life that fascinated visitors during the late nineteenth century.

The book serves historians and students by providing primary source material that illustrates cultural encounters between continents in the Victorian period.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
21 October 2013
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01 February 2013

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