Parts of this chapter were taken from Phd thesis (Peñaloza, 2004a).
Chapter 6. Appropriating the ‘Unattainable’: The British Travel Experience in Patagonia†
- Matthew Brown Lecturer
Published Online: 21 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306613.ch6
Copyright © 2008 Society for Latin American Studies
Book Title

Informal Empire in Latin America: Culture, Commerce and Capital
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How to Cite
Peñaloza, F. (2009) Appropriating the ‘Unattainable’: The British Travel Experience in Patagonia, in Informal Empire in Latin America: Culture, Commerce and Capital (ed M. Brown), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444306613.ch6
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University of Bristol, UK
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Publication History
- Published Online: 21 APR 2009
- Published Print: 28 MAR 2008
Book Series:
Book Series Editors:
- Jean Grugel,
- David Howard,
- Tony Kapcia,
- Geoffrey Kantaris
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Print ISBN: 9781405179324
Online ISBN: 9781444306613
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- Some Preliminary Considerations;
- The British Travel Experience and Patagonia as a Colonial Setting;
- Darwin and the Sublime;
- ‘The Imperialism of Free Trade’;
- ‘conquering’;
- “common past”
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Some Preliminary Considerations
The British Travel Experience and Patagonia as a Colonial Setting
Darwin and the Sublime
Conclusion
