Harriet Martineau

Retrospect of Western Travel

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Produktbeschreibung

A of the 1838 edition of Martineau's famed travel account of the United States in the Jacksonian era. Despite the hostile reception accorded some of Mrs. Martineau's comments on slavery, her perceptive observations on American life in the 1830's have particular relevance to today's student of history. This is the complete and unabridged edition. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries; Guide to the Study of the United States of America; Usiana; Literature of American History; and the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of the Pacific
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781410224255
• ISBN-10: 1410224252
• Artikelnr.: 21855689

Autorenporträt

HARRIET MARTINEAU (1802-1876), pioneering English writer and feminist, has been called the first female sociologist and the first female journalist in England. She is also the author of Society in America (1837) and How to Observe Morals and Manners (1838).

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