Tocqueville in America by George Wilson Pierson

In Tocqueville in America, George Wilson Pierson reconstructs - from diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts - the two Frenchmen's nine-month tour and their evolving analysis of American society. We see Tocqueville near Detroit, noting the scattered settlement patterns of the frontier and the affinity of Americans for solitude; in Boston, witnessing the jury system at work; in Philadelphia, observing the suffocating moral regimen at the new Eastern State Prison (which still stands); and in New Orleans, disturbed by the racial caste system and the lassitude of the French-speaking population.

Publisher:	Anchor
Year:	1959
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	Fair
Description:	Cover faded, spine curved, pages tanned.

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SKU: 1307841
Location: History