"Descripción y viajes (Estados Unidos)" . . "Yale University." . . "Manners and customs" . . "American national characteristics History Sources." . . "1783 - 1865" . . "1783 - 1899" . . . . "Sources"@en . "Sources" . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "History"@en . "History" . . . "Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. For the next nine months he and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, traveled and observed not only prisons but also the political, economic, and social systems of the early republic. Along the way, they frequently reported back to friends and family members in France. This book presents the first translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that seminal journey, accompanied by excerpts from Beaumont's correspondence that provide details or different perspectives on the places, people, and American life and attitudes the travelers encountered. --from publisher description" . . . . . . . "Records and correspondence"@en . "Records and correspondence" . . . . "Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. For the next nine months he and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, traveled and observed not only prisons but also the political, economic, and social systems of the early republic. Along the way, they frequently reported back to friends and family members in France. This book presents the first translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that seminal journey, accompanied by excerpts from Beaumont's correspondence that provide details or different perspectives on the places, people, and American life and attitudes the travelers encountered. --from publisher description."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Letters from America" . . "Letters from America"@en . . . . "PHILOSOPHY / Political" . . "Travel" . . "Caractère national américain 19e siècle Sources." . . "National characteristics, American 19th century Sources." . . "Franceses en Estados Unidos." . . . . "United States" . . "États-Unis" . . "HISTORY United States State & Local General." . . "National characteristics, American" . . "Epistolarios." . . "Politics and government." . .