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Retrospect of Western Travel-VOL1 - Hardcover

Martineau, Harriet

 
9780837119694: Retrospect of Western Travel-VOL1

Synopsis

A of the 1838 edition of Martineau's famed travel account of the United States in the Jacksonian era. Despite the hostile reception accorded some of Mrs. Martineau's comments on slavery, her perceptive observations on American life in the 1830's have particular relevance to today's student of history. This is the complete and unabridged edition. This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries; Guide to the Study of the United States of America; Usiana; Literature of American History; and the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

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