Travellers in Eighteenth Century Europe : The Sexes Abroad

of comment. The book is especially relevant in light of the many past (and current) xenophobic views of the foreigner ; Here, we more often see travellers viewing their experience of othernessand exoticism, in a positive light, a cultural appreciation rather than a cultural appropriation. This book examines how men and women saw these new worlds opening up before them; what delighted them, what influenced them, and their interaction with others in the light of domesticity, antiquity, politics, work, science, sex, and friendships. [Publisher's Text]