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- catalog abstract "This 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 introduces the narrative, identifies the major characters, and provides an index for easy use. --From publisher's description.".
- catalog contributor b11843620.
- catalog coverage "United States Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 1783-1865.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 197) and index.".
- catalog description "Series Foreword / Paul Finkelman -- Introduction / Daniel Feller -- Arrival in America -- First Impressions -- The Hudson -- Weddings -- High Road Travelling -- Prisons -- First Sight of Slavery -- Life at Washington -- The Capitol -- Madison -- Jefferson's University -- Country Life in the South -- Charleston -- Restless Slaves -- New Orleans -- Mississippi Voyage -- Compromise -- Cincinnati -- New England Villages -- Harvard College -- Mutes and Blind -- Signs of the Times in Massachusetts -- Hot and Cold Weather -- American Originals.".
- catalog description "This 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 introduces the narrative, identifies the major characters, and provides an index for easy use. --From publisher's description.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 202 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Retrospect of western travel.".
- catalog identifier "076560213X (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0765602148 (pbk.: alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Retrospect of western travel.".
- catalog isPartOf "American history through literature".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe,".
- catalog relation "Retrospect of western travel.".
- catalog spatial "United States Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 1783-1865.".
- catalog subject "973 21".
- catalog subject "E165 .M38 2000".
- catalog subject "Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Journeys United States.".
- catalog subject "Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Travel United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Series Foreword / Paul Finkelman -- Introduction / Daniel Feller -- Arrival in America -- First Impressions -- The Hudson -- Weddings -- High Road Travelling -- Prisons -- First Sight of Slavery -- Life at Washington -- The Capitol -- Madison -- Jefferson's University -- Country Life in the South -- Charleston -- Restless Slaves -- New Orleans -- Mississippi Voyage -- Compromise -- Cincinnati -- New England Villages -- Harvard College -- Mutes and Blind -- Signs of the Times in Massachusetts -- Hot and Cold Weather -- American Originals.".
- catalog title "Retrospect of western travel / Harriet Martineau.".
- catalog type "text".