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dc.contributor.author	Wilson, Emilia Serrano, baronesa de, 1843-1922
dc.coverage.spatial	Latin America (general region) New York (inhabited place) Washington, D.C. (inhabited place)
dc.date.accessioned	2011-01-05T00:03:06Z
dc.date.available	2011-01-05T00:03:06Z
dc.date.issued	1890
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1911/36251
dc.description	466 p., illustrated, 30 cm.
dc.description.abstract	Emilia Serrano, the Baroness of Wilson (1834?-1922) was a Spanish writer who produced historical and sociological works, as well as novels, literary translations, and guides to conduct for young women. The book this excerpt was taken from is considered her most ambitious work. In it she displays an encyclopedic range of interests, including history, ethnology, climatology, and botany, and it clearly reflects her three overriding passions: literature, traveling, and a fascination with the Americas. In this Introduction, she provides autobiographical information about her personal life, how she became fascinated with the Americas, and her controversial decision to travel to the Americas alone.
dc.format	Translations
dc.format.medium	Books
dc.format.medium	Travel literature
dc.format.medium	Memoirs
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Fondo Antiguo Biblioteca Ernesto de la Torre Villar
dc.relation.isversionof	Original document is available at http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21863
dc.rights	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution 2.5 License
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dc.subject.lcsh	Wilson, Emilia Serrano, baronesa de, 1843-1922 Women--Latin America Women--United States Women--Latin America--History Women--United States--History Latin America--History United States--Biography Women--Biography Latin America--Description and travel United States--Description and travel Sex role--Latin America Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Europe Railroads--Latin America Railroad travel--Latin America Railroad travel--United States Steamboats--Latin America Women--Brazil Brazil--History--19th century Brazil--Social life and customs--19th century Brazil--Population density Brazil--Natural resources Brazil--Agricultural resources Brazil--Discovery and exploration--Portuguese Brazil--Description and travel Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel Haciendas--Brazil Brazil--History--16th century Brazil--History--17th century Brazil--History--18th century Slavery--Brazil--History--19th century Brazil--Civilization--African influences Brazil--Race relations--Blacks--Brazil--Social conditions--19th century Monarchy--Brazil--History--19th century Women--Uruguay Uruguay--History--19th century Uruguay--Social life and customs--19th century Uruguay--Population density Uruguay--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Uruguay--Description and travel Montevideo (Uruguay)--Description and travel Uruguayan poetry--19th century Uruguay--Politics and government--1830-1875 Rio de la Plata (Argentina and Uruguay)--Description and travel Women--Argentina Argentina--History--19th century Argentina--Social life and customs--19th century Argentina--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Argentina--Description and travel Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Description and travel Pampas (Argentina) Gauchos--Argentina Parana (Argentina) Miranda, Lucia, d. ca. 1530 Hurtado de Mendoza, Sebastian Gorriti, Juana Manuela, 1816-1892 Women--Paraguay Paraguay--History--19th century Paraguay--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Paraguay--Description and travel Asuncion (Paraguay)--Description and travel Paraguay River--Description and travel Paraguayan War, 1865-1870 Women--Chile Chile--History--19th century Chile--Social life and customs--19th century Chile--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Chile--Description and travel Santiago (Chile)--Description and travel Punto Arenas (Chile) Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) Valparaiso (Chile) Chilean literature--19th century War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 Grau, Miguel, 1834-1879 Prat Chacon, Arturo, 1848-1879 Andes Mapuche Indians Marin de Solar, Mercedes, 1804-1866 Del Carmen, Maria Women--Peru Peru--History--19th century Peru--Social life and customs--19th century Peru--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Peru--Description and travel Lima (Peru)--Description and travel Callao Bay (Peru) Incas Quena Antiquities--Peru Arequipa (Peru) Humans--Effect of altitude on--Peru Puno (Peru) Earthquakes--Peru Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia) Cabello de Carbonera, Mercedes, 1845-1909 Rose, of Lima, Saint Isabel Florez Larriva de Llona, Lastenia Women--Bolivia Bolivia--History--19th century Bolivia--Social life and customs--19th century Bolivia--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Bolivia--Description and travel La Paz (Bolivia)--Description and travel Bolivian poetry--19th century Women--Ecuador Ecuador--History--19th century Ecuador--Social life and customs--19th century Ecuador--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Ecuador--Description and travel Quito (Ecuador)--Description and travel Guayaquil (Ecuador) Ecuadorian literature--19th century Women--Colombia Colombia--History--19th century Colombia--Social life and customs--19th century Colombia--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Colombia--Description and travel Bogota (Colombia)--Description and travel Magdalena (Colombia : Dept.) Colombian poetry--19th century Colombia--Intellectual life--19th century Tequendama (Colombia : Province) Acosta de Samper, Soledad, 1833-1913 Women--Venezuela Venezuela--History--19th century Venezuela--Social life and customs--19th century Venezuela--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Venezuela--Description and travel Caracas (Venezuela)--Description and travel Bolivar, Simon, 1783-1830--Homes and haunts Venezuelan literature--19th century Crespo, Jacinta Women--Central America Central America--History--19th century Mora, Adela Panama--Description and travel Guatemala--History--19th century Guatemala--Politics and government--19th century Guatemala--Natural resources Guatemala--Population density Guatemala--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Guatemala--Description and travel El Salvador--History--19th century El Salvador--Natural resources El Salvador--Population density El Salvador--Discovery and exploration--Spanish El Salvador--Description and travel San Salvador (El Salvador)--Description and travel Honduras--History--19th century Honduras--Natural resources Honduras--Population density Honduras--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Honduras--Description and travel Tegucigalpa (Honduras)--Description and travel Nicaragua--History--19th century Nicaragua--Natural resources Nicaragua--Population density Nicaragua--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Nicaragua--Description and travel Managua (Nicaragua)--Description and travel Costa Rica--History--19th century Costa Rica--Natural resources Costa Rica--Population density Costa Rica--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Costa Rica--Description and travel San Jose (Costa Rica)--Description and travel Barrios, Rufino Palenque Site (Mexico) Antiquities--Central America Canas, Juan J. (Juan Jose), 1826-1918 Central American poetry--19th century Indians of Central America--History Santo Tomas de Castilla (Guatemala) Women--Mexico Mexico--History--16th century Mexico--History--17th century Mexico--History--18th century Mexico--History--19th century Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Spanish Mexico--Description and travel Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel Mexico--Social life and customs--19th century Mexico City (Mexico)--Social life and customs--19th century Mexican literature--19th century Cypress pines--Mexico--Mexico City Aztecs--History Juana Ines de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695 Hornero Rubio de Diaz, Carmen Ortiz de Dominguez, Maria Josefa, 1768-1829 Peralta, Angel, 1845-1883 Chicago (Ill.)--Description and travel Great Lakes (North America)--Description and travel Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Description and travel Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York, N.Y.) Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.) Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--Description and travel Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century Women--United States Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 Hispaniola--Description and travel Dominican Republic--Description and travel Haiti--Description and travel Antilles, Greater Women--Cuba Cuba--History--19th century Cuba--Description and travel Havana (Cuba)--Description and travel Colon (Matanzas, Cuba)--Description and travel Puerto Rico
dc.title	Introduction [Excerpt from: America and Her Women]
dc.type	Text
dc.digitization.specifications	Page images were scanned with the Minolta PS7000 at 600dpi and saved as 1bit TIF format
dc.date.digital	2008
dc.contributor.translator	Gauthereau-Bryson, Lorena
dc.format.xmlschema	tei-americas-p5
dc.date.original	[1890]
dc.subject.local	Gender Indigenity Migration Race relations
dc.source.collection	Instituto de Investigaciones Jose Maria Luis Mora
dc.identifier.digital	m004introtr
dc.contributor.publisher	Fidel Giro
dc.pubplace	Barcelona (Espana)
dc.description.translation	This document is an English translation of the Introduction from "América y sus mujeres." Translated by Lorena Gauthereau-Bryson. The language of the original document is Spanish.
dc.identifier.citation	Wilson, Emilia Serrano, baronesa de. Introduction [Excerpt from: America and Her Women]. Translated by Gauthereau-Bryson, Lorena. Books, Travel literature and Memoirs. Barcelona (Espana): Fidel Giro, 1890. From Rice University. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/36251.

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