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1037303
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b791673
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Geografía de los tiempos difíciles.English
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Pérez Mejía, Angela.
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A geography of hard times : : narratives about travel to South America, 1780-1849 /\ Angela Pérez Mejía / translated by Dick Cluster.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
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1 online resource (xi, 167 pages) :: illustrations, 1 map
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| ISBN
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0791460134
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: 0791460142
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: 0791485455
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: 142373940X
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: 9780791460139
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: 9780791460146
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: 9780791485453
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: 9781423739401
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index.
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| Contents
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A GEOGRAPHY OF HARD TIMES -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- PART I: THE SCHOLAR AND THE BARON: VOYAGE OF THE EXACT SCIENCES -- Introduction to Part I -- 1. Mutis, or The Trap of Mutisia Clematis -- 2. Humboldt: The Silences and Complicities of Cartography -- PART II: THE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST AND THE PARIAH: VOYAGE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Introduction to Part II -- 3. Graham: The White Daughter of the East, or A Foreigner in Indomitable Lands -- 4. Tristán, or The Incendiary Geography of a Pilgrim Pariah -- Epilogue
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NotesINTRODUCTION -- PART I. INTRODUCTION TO PART I -- 1. MUTIS, OR THE TRAP OF MUTISIA CLEMATIS -- 2. HUMBOLDT: THE SILENCES AND COMPLICITIES OF CARTOGRAPHY -- PART II. INTRODUCTION TO PART II -- 3. GRAHAM: THE WHITE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST, OR A FOREIGNER IN INDOMITABLE LANDS -- 4. TRISTÃ?N, OR THE INCENDIARY GEOGRAPHY OF A PILGRIM PARIAH -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z
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Callcott, Maria,1785-1842
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Humboldt, Alexander von,1769-1859
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Mutis, José Celestino,1732-1808
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Tristan, Flora,1803-1844
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Callcott, Maria,1785-1842
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Humboldt, Alexander von,1769-1859
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Mutis, José Celestino,1732-1808
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Tristan, Flora,1803-1844
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Travelers' writings, European-- History and criticism.
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Visitors, Foreign-- Latin America-- Attitudes.
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Visitors, Foreign-- Latin America-- History-- 18th century.
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Visitors, Foreign-- Latin America-- History-- 19th century.
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Manners and customs.
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TRAVEL-- General.
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Travel.
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Travelers' writings, European.
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Visitors, Foreign-- Attitudes.
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Visitors, Foreign.
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Andes Region, Description and travel.
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Andes Region, Social life and customs.
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Andes Region.
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Latin America.
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| Dewey Classification
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918.04/2
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| LC Classification
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F2212.P4713 2004eb
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