This volume examines the travels of British women across continents and imperial contexts from 1770-1870, in order to understand the representation of identity, race, gender, and class in the Empire and beyond.

Introduction Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness" 1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald's Cultural Appropriation 2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland 3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers' Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century 4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness' Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British" 5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw's Sensory Experience of the West Indies 6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham's Journal of a Residence in India (1812) 7. The Memsahibs' Gaze: Representation of the Zenana in India 8. Gossip, Mosquitos, and "Well-Made" Men: Isabella Fane's Vision of Colonial India 9. "Servant of the Cross": Identity, Travel and Colonial Culture in the Letters of Mary Moffat in South Africa 10. An "Honorary Man" in the Holy Land?: Mary Eliza Rogers, Gender, and British Protestant Imperialism Part III: In the Settler Colonies, Furthering the "Other" British 11. "English, Yet Essentially Un-English": Female Constructions of Imperial Belonging in Melbourne, 1850-1870 12. In Search of the Romantic Aesthetic: British Women Travellers in 19th-Century America 13. Carriage and Canoe: The Material Vessels of Anna Brownell Jameson's Voyage in Upper Canada