Retrospect of Western Travel

Harriet Martineau, Daniel Feller (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2000
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7656-0214-5 (ISBN)

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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.

Harriet Martineau

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;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.2000
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	317 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7656-0214-8 / 0765602148
ISBN-13	978-0-7656-0214-5 / 9780765602145
Zustand	Neuware