Letters from America

The Resource Letters from America
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Letters from America
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Alexis de Tocqueville ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Frederick Brown
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Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
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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illustrations
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • dictionaries
  • bibliography

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