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<p>In a nation struggling to establish its own identity, all kinds of Americans, for all kinds of reasons, were enchanted with Europe. A European trip, whether extravagant or modest, could serve social advancement, aesthetic enrichment, or personal curiosity. Travel allowed men and women, the descendants of European settlers or African slaves, to shed their familiar surroundings and comfortable personas, adopt new roles, and measure themselves against the European experience. These travelers wer
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- Author
- Stowe, William W.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691654409
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Comparative Literature
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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