Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
their friendship and their travels /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Olivier Zunz ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Charlottesville :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Virginia Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxix, 698 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
26 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Translated from the French.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Letters from Tocqueville and Beaumont on their American travels -- Tocqueville's travel notebooks -- Tocqueville's narration of two excursions -- Tocqueville's and Beaumont's texts on the penitentiary system -- Beaumont's Marie, or, Slavery in the United States : a novel of Jacksonian America, 1835 -- Tocqueville's letters on the writing and publication of Democracy in America -- Tocqueville's and Beaumont's views of America after 1840.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
A selection of Tocqueville's writings on America together with letters and sketches from his traveling companion, Gustave de Beaumont.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Works.
Date of Publication
2010
Form Subheading
Selections.
Language (when part of a heading)
English.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Beaumont, Gustave de,1802-1866
Beaumont, Gustave de,1802-1866-- Friends and associates.
Beaumont, Gustave de,1802-1866-- Travel-- United States.
Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859
Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859-- Friends and associates.
Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859-- Travel-- United States.
Beaumont, Gustave de,1802-1866
Beaumont, Gustave de,1802-1866-- Friends and associates.
Beaumont, Gustave de,1802-1866-- Travel.
Beaumont, Gustave de,1802-1866.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859
Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859-- Friends and associates.
Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859-- Travel.
Tocqueville, Alexis de,1805-1859.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
National characteristics, American-- History-- 19th century, Sources.
American national characteristics-- History.
Friendship.
Manners and customs.
National characteristics, American.
Politics and government
Politik
Travel.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Description and travel, Sources.
United States, Politics and government, 1783-1865, Sources.
United States, Social life and customs, 1783-1865, Sources.