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Letters From America by Alexis de Tocqueville; Gustave de Beaumont; Frederick Brown is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>A remarkable collection of charming and eloquent letters that contain the seeds of Tocqueville's later masterful account of American democracy</b><br> <br> <br> <br> Young Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. For the next nine months he and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, traveled and observed not only prisons but also the political, economic, and social systems of t
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- Author
- Alexis de Tocqueville; Gustave de Beaumont; Frederick Brown
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300181838
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Literary Collections, Philosophy
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (63 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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