The Globetrotter by Amy Miller

The Globetrotter by Amy Miller

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Zusammenfassung

The fascinating story of the first generation of 'Globetrotters' - leisure tourists with a keen interest in experiencing authentic culture, brought to life with first hand accounts and beautiful illustrations of the views and artefacts of their travels.

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The Globetrotter by Amy Miller

In the mid-nineteenth century, as new routes opened up, a new generation of travellers embarked on excursions to India, China and Japan. Globetrotters - leisure tourists with a keen interest in experiencing authentic culture - flocked to the East, casting aside preconceptions and gravitating towards what they hoped to be the unchanged landscapes and traditions of Eastern cultures. The relics of their travels - the food they consumed and the souvenirs they brought back - allowed globetrotters to distinguish themselves from common tourists. They proudly returned with accounts that presented a global East, challenging public assumptions about the cultures they had visited and charting a journey of self-transformation through travel.
Amy Miller is currently completing a PhD on the history and material culture of the global tourist in the nineteenth century at University College London. She has an MA from the Bard Graduate Center, New York, in Decorative Arts and Material Culture Studies. Formerly Curator of Decorative Arts and Material Culture at the National Maritime Museum, she is the author of Dressed to Kill: Naval Uniform, Masculinity and Fashion 1748-1857.
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ISBN 13 9780712352581
ISBN 10 0712352589
Titel The Globetrotter
Autor Amy Miller
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag British Library Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr 2018-10-31
Seitenanzahl 256
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