Harriet Martineau, Daniel Feller

Retrospect of Western Travel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Martineau's classic American travel narrative has long been unavailable. This new abridgment of the original 1838 edition offers an unsurpassed firsthand view of Jacksonian America. Here are Martineau's penetrating condemnation of slavery and her championship of abolition and women's rights; her incisive portraits of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Garrison, Emerson, and the Beechers; her critical observations of American schools, asylums, colleges, and prisons; and more. Historian Daniel Feller, author of The Jacksonian Promise, introduces the narrative, identifies the major characters, and provides an index for easy use.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780765602145
• ISBN-10: 0765602148
• Artikelnr.: 21061576

Autorenporträt

Harriet Martineau

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Arrival in America
Chapter 2 First Impressions
Chapter 3 The Hudson
Chapter 4 Weddings
Chapter 5 High Road Travelling
Chapter 6 Prisons
Chapter 7 First Sight of Slavery
Chapter 8 Life at Washington
Chapter 9 The Capitol
Chapter 10 Madison
Chapter 11 Jefferson's University
Chapter 12 Country Life in the South
Chapter 13 Charleston
Chapter 14 Restless Slaves
Chapter 15 New Orleans
Chapter 16 Mississippi Voyage
Chapter 17 Compromise
Chapter 18 Cincinnati
Chapter 19 New England Villages
Chapter 20 Harvard College
Chapter 21 Mutes and Blind
Chapter 22 Signs of the Times in Massachusetts
Chapter 23 Hot and Cold Weather
Chapter 24 American Originals