Gender, nature, empire: Women naturalists in nineteenth century British travel literature

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 306-326

  Guelke, Jeanne Kay ^a,b   Morin, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American West; British travel writing; Women naturalists

Indexed keywords

NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 0034761959     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-5661.00024     Document Type: Article

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