Taking Travel Home. The Souvenir Culture of British Women Tourists, 1750–1830, Paperback/Emma Gleadhill

This book provides a new cultural history of the travel souvenir. It uncovers how eighteenth-century British women enlisted the objects they collected during their European travels to realise their ambitions in the arenas of connoisseurship, science and friendship, and to stake their claims to agency and authority as travelling subjects. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Author(s): Emma Gleadhill Illustration(s): 15 colour illustrations, 32 black & white illustrations, 3 maps Number of pages: 312 Collection: Gender in History Publication date: 2025 Dimensions: 139 x 215 x 26 Cover type: Paperback / softback