| Greater Britain: Volume 1 Contributor(s): Dilke, Charles Wentworth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108003001 ISBN-13: 9781108003001 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 910.41 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.23 lbs) 444 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a young man, Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843-1911), the Cambridge-educated Radical politician who went on to campaign for votes for women and labourers, legalisation of trade unions, and universal schooling, spent two years touring the English-speaking world. This two-volume illustrated account of his journey was published in 1868, the year in which he first entered Parliament. Volume 1 describes his travels across the United States, where he arrived aboard The Saratoga, landing at Chesapeake Bay in Virginia on 20 June 1866. Dilke explored the reconstructing American South, the bustling eastern seaboard, the vast plains of the Midwest, the magnificent Rocky Mountain range, and the diverse landscape and peoples of California before venturing south into Mexico and departing for Polynesia and the Pacific islands. He thoughtfully discusses the legacy of British colonial culture in America, and its continuing diffusion via America to other parts of the world. |
