Aristocracy in America : From the Sketch-Book of a German Nobleman /

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"Francis J. Grund, a German emigrant, was one of the most influential journalists in America in the three decades preceding the Civil War. He also wrote several books, including Aristocracy in America (1839), a fictional, satiric travel memoir written in response to Alexis de Tocqueville's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grund, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1804 or 1805-1863 (Author)
Other Authors: Mattes, Armin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Manners and customs.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes > 1783-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Biography
  • Part 2. Tocqueville and Grund on Democracy and aristocracy in America
  • Part 3. Aristocracy in America : some notes on its publication history, structure, and characteristics
  • Aristocracy in America : from the sketch-book of a German nobleman
  • Excerpts from the Americans in their moral, social, and political relations.

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