Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America : their friendship and their travels

Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America : their friendship and their travels / edited by Olivier Zunz ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer.

Author/creator	Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Other author/creator	Zunz, Olivier editor.
Other author/creator	Goldhammer, Arthur, translator.
Other author/creator	Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Description	xxxix, 698 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Subject(s)	Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859--Travel --United States. Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866--Travel --United States. Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859--Friends and associates. Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866--Friends and associates. Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859--Archives. Beaumont, Gustave de, 1802-1866--Correspondence. National characteristics, American--History --19th century --Sources. United States--Description and travel --Sources. United States--Social life and customs --1783-1865 --Sources. United States--Politics and government --1783-1865 --Sources.

Uniform title	Works. Selections. English. 2010
Contents	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.
Abstract	A selection of Tocqueville's writings on America together with letters and sketches from his traveling companion, Gustave de Beaumont.
General note	Translated from the French.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010021800
ISBN	9780813930626 (cloth : alk. paper) :
ISBN	0813930626 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E165.T53213 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold