An Inquisitive Eye: Travels of an American Lady in the British Empire of The1930s (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781860645242)

When Sybil Hall Nowell set off from San Francisco one February morning in 1935 on a round-the-world trip with her husband Jack, the energetic American couple fell into the embrace of the British Empire with great gusto. As they traveled through Australia and New Zealand and then through Africa up to Britain they delighted in the formality, civility, and good manners that defined at least the surface of the British imperial experience. During their four-month voyage, Sybil Nowell studiously wrote letters home at every stop, describing this calm and orderly world. Sybil Nowell's letters, introduced and edited here by Robert N. White (her grandson) who has provided useful historical and political commentary, portray the easy complacency of Empire that came with power, privilege, and prestige.


Author: Sybil Nowell
ISBN-10: 1860645240
ISBN-13: 9781860645242
Publisher: Radcliffe Press
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1999
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.79h x 5.63w x 0.73d