Women, travel, and science in nineteenth-century Americas : the politics of observation /: the politics of observation. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nina Gerassi-Navarro.
• Authors: Gerassi-Navarro, Nina
• Contents: 1 Travels and Observation: An Introduction.- 2 Humboldt's Cosmography.- 3Fanny Calderón de la Barca: The Power andPrivilege of Observation.- 4 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz: the Art of ScientificObservation.- 5 Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 917.2044; Women travelers -- United States; Mexico -- Description and travel; Brazil -- Description and travel; United States -- Relations; Travel -- Mexico; Travel -- Brazil; Travel -- Mexico; Travel -- Brazil
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319615066
• Related ISBNs: 9783319615059
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