Retrospect of western travel /
This abridgement of the original 1838 edition offers a view of Jacksonian America. Here are Martineau's condemnation of slavery and her championship of abolition and women's rights; her incisive portraits of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Garrison, Emerson, and the Beechers; her observat...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Armonk, N.Y. :
M.E. Sharpe,
©2000.
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| Edition: | New ed. / |
| Series: | American history through literature.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=90202 |
| Summary: | This abridgement of the original 1838 edition offers a view of Jacksonian America. Here are Martineau's condemnation of slavery and her championship of abolition and women's rights; her incisive portraits of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Garrison, Emerson, and the Beechers; her observations of American schools, asylums, colleges, and prisons; and her eyewitness accounts of a presidential assassination attempt, a lynch mob, a slave auction, a Quaker wedding, and a Harvard commencement. Historian Daniel Feller introduces the narrative, identifies the major characters, and provides an index for easy use. --From publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: London : Saunders and Otley; New York : Sold by Harper & Brothers, 1838. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 202 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 197) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0765614014 9780765614018 9781317460824 1317460820 076560213X 9780765602138 0765602148 9780765602145 |