Isabella Lucy Bird

The Englishwoman in America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A keenly observed and entertainingly written glimpse into nineteenth-century American society, by a young Englishwoman travelling alone.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781108003841
• ISBN-10: 1108003842
• Artikelnr.: 26826940

Autorenporträt

William de Lange studied Japanese language and culture at the universities of Leiden and Waseda. He is the author and translator of a number of books on Japanese history, culture, and language.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prefatory and explanatory
2. An inhospitable reception
3. Popular ignorance
4. From St George's cross to the stars and stripes
5. First experiences of American freedom
6. A suspected bill
7. The Queen City continued
8. The hickory stick
9. A vexatious incident
10. The Place of Council
11. 'I've seen nothing'
12. A scene at starting
13. The House of Commons
14. Concluding remarks on Canada
15. Preliminary remarks on re-entering the United States
16. Position of New York
17. The cemetery
18. Origin of the constitution
19. General remarks continued
20. The America.