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Letters from America (Hardcover)
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Letters from America (Hardcover)
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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 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.
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