| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 434 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in constitutional democracy
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Studies in constitutional democracy.
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| Note |
"With excerpts from The Americans in their moral, social, and political relations [by] Francis J. Grund." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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 famous Democracy in America. However, Grund's political work and life have never been analyzed in depth. In his introduction to this long out-of-print work, Armin Mattes provides a thorough account of Grund's dynamic engagement in American political life, and brings to light many of Grund's reflections on American social and political life previously published only in German. Comparing Aristocracy in America with Tocqueville's Democracy in America, Mattes shows how Grund's work can expand our understanding of the emerging democratic political culture and society in the antebellum United States"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1783-1865 |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mattes, Armin, editor.
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Grund, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1804 or 1805-1863.
Americans in their moral, social, and political relations. Selections.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Grund, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1804 or 1805-1863. Aristocracy in America. Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, [2018] 9780826221568 (DLC) 2017054507 |
| ISBN |
9780826274052 (electronic book) |
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0826274056 (electronic book) |
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9780826221568 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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