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Author Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.

Title Letters from America / Alexis de Tocqueville ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Frederick Brown
Published New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : illustrations
Contents The crossing -- In New York -- Upstate New York and west -- New England -- From Philadelphia to New Orleans -- The last leg : from New Orleans to Washington and New York -- Appendix: Tocqueville on civil law in Pennsylvania
Summary Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. For the next nine months he and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, traveled and observed not only prisons but also the political, economic, and social systems of the early republic. Along the way, they frequently reported back to friends and family members in France. This book presents the first translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that seminal journey, accompanied by excerpts from Beaumont's correspondence that provide details or different perspectives on the places, people, and American life and attitudes the travelers encountered. --from publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Travel -- United States
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866 -- Travel -- United States
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866 -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866 fast
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 fast
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Travel. sears
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866 -- Travel. sears
Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866 -- Correspondence. sears
Subject National characteristics, American -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
Manners and customs
National characteristics, American
Politics and government
Travel
American national characteristics -- History -- Sources.
SUBJECT United States -- Description and travel -- Sources
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865 -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140533
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865 -- Sources
Subject United States
United States -- Description and travel -- Sources.
United States -- Social life and customs. -- Sources.
United States -- Politics and government -- Sources.
Genre/Form History
Personal correspondence
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866.
Brown, Frederick, 1934-
LC no. 2010025769
ISBN 9780300153835
030015383X
1280571241
9781280571244
9786613600844
6613600849
Other Titles Correspondence. Selections. English