Letters from America / Alexis de Tocqueville ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Frederick Brown.

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Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780300153835
030015383X
1280571241
9781280571244
9786613600844
6613600849

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Correspondence. Selections. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Letters from America.DDC classification:

973 22

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E165 .T535213 2010eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.