Retrospect of western travel

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.

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Series Statement

• CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series = CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches -- no. 36565
• CIHM/ICMH microfiche series -- no. 36565

Other Editions

• Retrospect of western travelMicroformSaunder and Otley1838-01-01
• Retrospect of Western travel.Saunders1838-01-01
• Retrospect of western travelSaunders and Otley1838-01-01
• Retrospect of western travelMicroformSaunders and Otley1838-01-01
• Retrospect of western travelMicroformSaunders and Otley1838-01-01
• Retrospect of western travelGreenwood Press1969-01-01