Traveling Tocqueville's America
Subtitle: retracing the 17-state tour that inspired Alexis de Tocqueville's political classic Democracy in America
By: [written by Anne Bentzel].
Contributors: C-SPAN (Television network)
Publisher: Published for C-SPAN by the Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Travel -- United States.; United States -- Tours.
Genres: Tours.
Description: "Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont's travels in America in 1831-32 have been retold by C-SPAN. For nine months, the cable TV network retraced the Frenchmen's journey, featuring programming from cities along the route."--BOOK JACKET. "Now the Tocqueville rediscovery continues with the publication of this unique guide-book. Comprising 47 brief chapters covering cities and small towns that Tocqueville visited, the book allows readers to hear Tocqueville's words while following in his footsteps."--BOOK JACKET. "Chapters include descriptions of cities and towns, excerpts of what Tocqueville wrote about them, accounts of what Tocqueville and Beaumont did there and details about sights that can be seen today. The book provides telephone numbers and addresses of visitors bureaus, general directions and comparisons of the towns as they are today with what they were like in Tocqueville's era."--BOOK JACKET. "Traveling Tocqueville's America is the perfect companion for armchair traveler and tourist alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: At head of title: C-SPAN.