Masculinity and Danger on the Eighteenth-Century Grand Tour - University of London Press (original) (raw)

List of figures List of abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Hazarding chance: a history of eighteenth-century danger 2. Military mad: war and the Grand Tour 3. Wholesome dangers and a stock of health: exercise, sport and the hardships of the road 4. Fire and ice: mountains, glaciers and volcanoes 5. Dogs, servants and masculinities: writing about danger and emotion on the Grand Tour Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

Copyright: © Sarah Goldsmith 2020

DOI: 10.14296/1120.9781912702251

Number of illustrations: 17

Publication date: November 2020

PDF ISBN: 9781912702251

EPUB ISBN: 9781912702237

Read Online ISBN: 9781914477539

Hardback ISBN: 9781912702213

Paperback ISBN: 9781912702220

One of the pleasures and a great strength of this book is that it engages the reader, chapter after chapter, with the same young men and their vividly described adventures, exploits, pleasures, illnesses and relationships. By the close I felt I knew a few of them as individuals whose distinctive character developed and at times surprised as their story unfolded… Sarah Goldsmith has written a provocative and fascinating book which asks fresh questions and offers ground-breaking insights into the ever intriguing Grand Tour. Her impressive command of the archival materials and her wide-ranging historiographical research make Masculinity and Danger a significant contribution to the scholarship on the Tour, and encourages us to rethink the construction of superior elite masculinities and the maintenance of aristocratic ideals and values.
–Reviews in History, 2021

Reviews in History

Subject: History, Social and Cultural History

BISAC codes: HIS015050, HIS037040, HIS037050, TRV009000

Thema codes: NHD, NHT

Keywords: Europe, Grand Tour, adulthood, danger, masculinity, travel