Author: Ansalem Stanley Publisher: ISBN: Category : Ocean travel Languages : en Pages : 14
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Account of a journey of nine people from Salem, Iowa to San Francisco (Dec. 15, 1851-Mar. 27, 1852). The group traveled south to New Orleans from Iowa. From New Orleans to San Francisco travel was by sea. Diary entries discuss weather conditions, prices for meals and lodging and incidences of death and disease on the trip.
Author: Helen Stambaugh Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 566
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William Woodburn Russler (1833-1911) was born Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin Russler (1803- 1879) and Ann Dorland Russler (1813-1884). He married Catharine Ann Davidson (1834-1906), daughter of Samuel I. and Catharine Bolich Davidson, in 1855 at Freeport, Illinois. They had twelve children 1856-1877. He died at Bushnell, Illinois. Descendants listed lived in Illinois and elsewhere.
Author: Karen V. Hansen Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520205618 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 307
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"Based on an extraordinarily rich and varied collection of diaries, letters, and autobiographies of European Americans and African Americans, this book presents the voices and views of unpropertied, unprivileged people and sensitively probes the commonalities and differences in their experiences and perspectives. Hansen persuasively argues that recognizing the 'social' domain illuminates the agency of working people and dissolves the stereotypically gendered public/private dichotomy."—Nancy Grey Osterud, author of Bonds of Community "It is a pleasure to welcome Karen Hansen into the first rank of historical sociologists. In this superb model of scholarship, she leads us on an illuminating tour of the social life of literate working people in antebellum New England. Her arena is 'the social'—the territory that overlaps with private and public, where the dynamics of friendship, visiting, gossip, and collective worship combine to fashion many of life's great joys and sorrows. Best of all, she tells her story through the experiences of the people themselves. In a clear and honest way, Hansen manages to raise fundamental questions about perceived conceptions of gender, class, and the public-private dichotomy."—Neil J. Smelser, University of California, Berkeley "This wonderful book makes a real contribution to our understanding of the lives of women and men in antebellum New England. With its focus on people of modest means and its meticulous and insightful exploration of friendship, visiting, gossip, and church-going, Hansen's work refines and concretizes how we conceive the 'social.'"—Mary Ann Clawson, Wesleyan University "How refreshing it is to see someone address the big issues in sociology based on the experience of real people. Karen Hansen has valuable things to say about the limits of the public/private distinction and the importance of the social. Her book moves the discussion of these issues to a new level."—Alan Wolfe, author of The Human Difference
Author: Nandini Das Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 110861681X Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages :
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Bringing together original contributions from scholars across the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity to the Internet age. It examines travel texts of several national or linguistic traditions, introducing readers to the global contexts of the genre. From wilderness to the urban, from Nigeria to the polar regions, from mountains to rivers and the desert, this book explores some of the key places and physical features represented in travel writing. Chapters also consider the employment in travel writing of the diary, the letter, visual images, maps and poetry, as well as the relationship of travel writing to fiction, science, translation and tourism. Gender-based and ecocritical approaches are among those surveyed. Together, the thirty-seven chapters here underline the richness and complexity of this genre.
Author: George Leonard Hosmer Publisher: ISBN: Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 314
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James Hosmer, son of Stephen Hosmer, was baptized in 1605 in Hawkhurst, county of Kent, England and later settled in Massachusetts. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New York, Michigan, Illinois, and elsewhere.
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