Tocqueville's discovery of America / Leo Damrosch.

Author/creator Damrosch, Leopold
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Descriptionxxi, 277 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Contents Where Tocqueville was coming from -- First impressions : New York City -- "Everything attests to a new world" -- The romance of the forest -- Boston : democracy as a state of mind -- Philadelphia : toleration, association, and incarceration -- Democracy in "the West" -- Downriver to New Orleans -- Road trip through the South -- The nation's disappointing capital -- Building a masterpiece -- After America.
Abstract Retraces Alexis de Tocqueville's nine-month journey through a young United States in 1831 and 1832, during which he was impressed by America's dynamic society, but was convinced that slavery would lead to civil war.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-264) and index.
LCCN 2009031894
ISBN9780374278175 (hc)
ISBN0374278172

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E165 .D16 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold