Harriet Martineau, Daniel Feller

Retrospect of Western Travel (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This abridged version of Harriet Martineau's narrative of her travels in Jacksonian America preserves her reporting on slavery and other current topics of the day, as well as her insights on women's place in society, and her observations and vignettes of famous people such as John Calhoun.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317460817
• Artikelnr.: 42510237

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