@article{827540,
      recid = {827540},
      author = {Gerassi-Navarro, Nina,},
      title = {Women, travel, and science in nineteenth-century Americas  : the politics of observation /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This book offers a new and insightful look at the  interconnections between the United States, Brazil and  Mexico during the nineteenth century. Gerassi-Navarro  brings together U.S. and Latin American Studies with her  analysis of the travel narratives of Frances Calderón de la  Barca and Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. Inspired by the writings  of Alexander von Humboldt these women, in their travels,  expand his views on the tropics to include a social  dimension to their observations on nature, culture, race,  and progress in Brazil and Mexico. Highlighting the role of  women as a new kind of observer as well as the complexity  of connections between the United States and Latin America,  Gerassi-Navarro interweaves science, politics, and  aesthetics in new transnational frameworks.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/827540},
}