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Title: Sarmiento's Travels in the U.S. in 1847 Condition: New ISBN-10: 0691620911 EAN: 9780691620916 ISBN: 9780691620916 Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 08/03/2015 Description: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888), Argentine educator, statesman, and writer, self-educated after the model of Benjamin Franklin, was "not a man but a nation," in the words of Mrs. Horace Mann. Like De Tocqueville, this remarkable man visited the United States in its early years and wrote a detailed account of this new phenomenon. Full of shrewd social commentary and unique vignettes of the America of this period-of Boston, for instance, where Sarmiento met the Horace Manns and later Emerson and Longfellow-Travels should take its place among the important commentaries on the United States written during the last century by foreign visitors. Professor Rockland's introductory essay provides the broader context in which Travels must be seen: its place in Sarmiento's life and career and its importance as testimony to forgotten lines of influence between North and South America. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 235mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 482g Author: Michael Aaron Rockland Genre: Travel & Transport Book Series: Princeton Legacy Library Topic: History Release Year: 2015
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