Letters from America

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

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, a...

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Main Author: Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Other Authors: Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866, Brown, Frederick, 1934-
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859 > Travel > United States.
Beaumont, Gustave de, > 1802-1866 > Travel > United States.
Beaumont, Gustave de, > 1802-1866 > Correspondence.
Beaumont, Gustave de, > 1802-1866
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859 > Travel.
Beaumont, Gustave de, > 1802-1866 > Travel.
1783-1899
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.
United States > Description and travel > Sources.
United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865 > Sources.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865 > Sources.
United States
United States > Social life and customs. > Sources.
United States > Politics and government > Sources.
History
Personal correspondence
Sources
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Correspondence.
Table of 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.

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