A Parisian in Brazil: The Travel Account of a Frenchwoman in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro

by Adele Toussaint-Samson

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This virtually unknown, insightful account by a highly intelligent, observant and forthright Frenchwoman of her decade-long stay in Brazil during the 1850s provides a remarkable firsthand view of a slaveocrat society. In an effort to improve their family's fortune, enterprising and highspirited young Parisian Adele Toussaint-Samson traveled with her husband from France to Brazil in the mid 1800s. While there, she wrote of her experiences, painting...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0842028552

ISBN13:9780842028554

Release Date:September 2001

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Length:121 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Americas Brazil Central America Classics Education & Reference General History Latin America Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Slavery & Emancipation South America Travel Writing

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