Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-143) and index.
Working-Class Woman's View of Europe -- The Diary -- "We Are Haveing a Pleasent Time": The Voyage Out -- "A Beautifull Prospect": Enjoying England -- "Every Body Seems Happy & Independent": To Paris and Beyond -- "The Bells Are Chimeing among the Mountains": Switzerland and Italy -- "All the Liveing Is Very Good Indeed": Germany and Holland -- "Every Body Seems Happy and Gay": Belgium and the Return to Paris -- "I Sat for a Long Time Wraped Up in Thoughts": The Return Home -- Afterword -- Notes to the Diary.
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Because prior studies of American women's travel writing have focused exclusively on middle-class and wealthy travelers, it has been difficult to assess the genre and its participants in a holistic fashion. One of the very few surviving working-class travel diaries, Lorenza Stevens Berbineau's account provides readers with a unique perspective of a domestic servant in the wealthy Lowell family in Boston.
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From Beacon Hill to the Crystal Palace.
0877457948
Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens
Lowell family.
Berbineau, Lorenza Stevens.
Lowell family.
Women travelers-- Europe-- History-- 19th century.
Working class women-- Massachusetts-- Boston, Diaries.