A Geography of Hard Times: Narratives About Travel to South America, 1780-1849 (Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)

A GEOGRAPHY OF HARD TIMES......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
PART I: THE SCHOLAR AND THE BARON: VOYAGE OF THE EXACT SCIENCES......Page 22
Introduction to Part I......Page 24
1. Mutis, or The Trap of Mutisia Clematis......Page 30
2. Humboldt: The Silences and Complicities of Cartography......Page 52
PART II: THE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST AND THE PARIAH: VOYAGE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES......Page 86
Introduction to Part II......Page 88
3. Graham: The White Daughter of the East, or A Foreigner in Indomitable Lands......Page 94
4. Tristán, or The Incendiary Geography of a Pilgrim Pariah......Page 116
Epilogue......Page 136
INTRODUCTION......Page 138
PART I. INTRODUCTION TO PART I......Page 140
1. MUTIS, OR THE TRAP OF MUTISIA CLEMATIS......Page 141
2. HUMBOLDT: THE SILENCES AND COMPLICITIES OF CARTOGRAPHY......Page 145
PART II. INTRODUCTION TO PART II......Page 149
3. GRAHAM: THE WHITE DAUGHTER OF THE EAST, OR A FOREIGNER IN INDOMITABLE LANDS......Page 150
4. TRISTÁN, OR THE INCENDIARY GEOGRAPHY OF A PILGRIM PARIAH......Page 152
References......Page 158
B......Page 168
C......Page 169
E......Page 170
F......Page 171
H......Page 172
I......Page 173
M......Page 174
N......Page 175
Q......Page 176
S......Page 177
T......Page 178
U......Page 179
Z......Page 180