An edition of Retrospect of Western Travel-3VOLS (1838)
Retrospect of western travel
By Harriet Martineau
Publish Date
1838
Publisher
Saunders and Otley
Language
eng
Pages
240
Description:
"This new 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, author of The Jacksonian Promise, introduces the narrative, identifies the major characters, and provides an index for easy use."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: United states, social life and customs, United states, description and travel, Martineau, harriet, 1802-1876, Women travelers, United states, history, 1815-1861, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Travel, Library, Descriptions et voyages, Manners and customs, United States, Women as authors, Mœurs et coutumes, HISTORY, State & Local, General, Quelle, United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848, United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865, Slavery
People: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)
Places: Ontario, United States, États-Unis