Letters from America

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 (-)
Otros Autores: Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866, Brown, Frederick, 1934-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press 2010.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.