Letters from America

Name: Letters from America
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ISBN: 9780300153828

ISBN-10: 0300153821

ISBN-13: 9780300153828

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alexis de Tocqueville, Frederick Brown, Alexis de Tocqueville

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Young 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…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 4.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English