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While large publishing giants John MurrayMurray, John and Karl BaedekerBaedeker, Karl dominated the nineteenth-century travel guidebook market, my research shows that women were important producers and consumers of English-language guidebooks between 1870 and c.1910, a period when European travel and tourism were rapidly shifting and expanding. This book makes the case that travel guidebooks were an important form of non-fiction writing for women in the late-nineteenth century. Over six chapters, focusing on guidebooks to Italy in particular, this book demonstrates the ways in which the guidebook functioned as a platform for women’s scholarlyGuidebookscholarly guidebook writing, facilitated discussions of womanhood, and encouraged female independence through solo travel.

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    2025年

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  • Jasmine Proteau

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While large publishing giants John MurrayMurray, John and Karl BaedekerBaedeker, Karl dominated the nineteenth-century travel guidebook market, my research shows that women were important producers and consumers of English-language guidebooks between 1870 and c.1910, a period when European travel and tourism were rapidly shifting and expanding. This book makes the case that travel guidebooks were an important form of non-fiction writing for women in the late-nineteenth century. Over six chapters, focusing on guidebooks to Italy in particular, this book demonstrates the ways in which the guidebook functioned as a platform for women’s scholarlyGuidebookscholarly guidebook writing, facilitated discussions of womanhood, and encouraged female independence through solo travel.