LEADER 03737nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910462020603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-57124-1 010 $a9786613600844 010 $a0-300-15383-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300153835 035 $a(CKB)2670000000184070 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23093115 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000646528 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11383559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646528 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10702938 035 $a(PQKB)10879473 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420832 035 $a(DE-B1597)485318 035 $a(OCoLC)794004259 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300153835 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420832 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10551230 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL360084 035 $a(OCoLC)923597740 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000184070 100 $a20100624d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLetters from America$b[electronic resource] /$fAlexis de Tocqueville ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Frederick Brown 210 $aNew Haven, ;$aLondon $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aIncludes excerpts from traveling companion Gustave de Beaumont. 311 $a0-300-15382-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tTHE CROSSING -- $tIN NEW YORK -- $tUPSTATE NEW YORK AND WEST -- $tNEW ENGLAND -- $tFROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW ORLEANS -- $tTHE LAST LEG: F ROM NEW ORLEANS TO WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK -- $tAPPENDIX -- $tINDEX 330 $aYoung 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.These delightful letters provide an intimate portrait of the complicated, talented Tocqueville, who opened himself without prejudice to the world of Jacksonian America. Moreover, they contain many of the impressions and ideas that served as preliminary sketches for Democracy in America, his classic account of the American democratic system that remains an important reference work to this day. Accessible, witty, and charming, the letters Tocqueville penned while in America are of major interest to general readers, scholars, and students alike. 606 $aNational characteristics, American$y19th century$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xDescription and travel$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y1783-1865$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1783-1865$vSources 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American 676 $a973 676 $a973.5 700 $aTocqueville$b Alexis de$f1805-1859.$0280097 701 $aBeaumont$b Gustave de$f1802-1866.$0284238 701 $aBrown$b Frederick$f1934-$01049866 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462020603321 996 $aLetters from America$92479197 997 $aUNINA