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Author Crommelin, Claude August, 1840-1874.

Title A young Dutchman views post-Civil War America : diary of Claude August Crommelin / Claude August Crommelin ; translated by Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr. ; edited with an introduction by Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., and H. Roger Grant.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents From Amsterdam through Belgium and Great Britain to New York, April-May 1866 -- In New York City and westward to Chicago, May 1866 -- From Chicago through Illinois and northward to Minnesota, May-June 1866 -- In Chicago and by way of Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, June-July 1866 -- New York City, Albany, Niagara Falls, Pennsylvania oil, and Canada, July-August 1866 -- In Boston and New England, August-September 1866 -- In New York City, New Jersey, and Troy, New York, September-October 1866 -- In Boston, Providence, Albany, and back to New York City, October-December 1866 -- In the South : Charleston and Savannah, December 1866 -- In Georgia and Virginia, December 1866 -- To Baltimore and Washington, D.C., December 1866-January 1867 -- In New York City, January 1867 -- In New York City and Boston and Salem, Massachusetts, January-February 1867.
Summary Not long after the end of the American Civil War, a wealthy young Dutchman by the name of Claude August Crommelin embarked on a tour of the young country, visiting New England, the Middle Atlantic States, the Upper Mississippi Valley, and the war-ravaged South. His family connections allowed him to meet important people, and his interests in industry, politics, and public institutions led him to observe what others might not have noticed. His meticulously kept journal reveals an inquisitive traveler with.
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Language Translated from the Dutch.
Subject Crommelin, Claude August, 1840-1874 -- Diaries.
Crommelin, Claude August, 1840-1874.
Genre/Form Diaries.
Subject Crommelin, Claude August, 1840-1874 -- Travel -- United States.
Travel.
United States.
Crommelin, Claude August, 1840-1874 -- Diaries -- Travel -- United States.
Crommelin, Claude August, 1840-1874.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 -- Sources.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1865-1918
Subject United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918 -- Sources.
Economic conditions.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Sources.
United States -- Description and travel.
Chronological Term 1865 - 1918
Genre/Form Sources.
Electronic books.
History.
Diaries.
Added Author Veenendaal, Augustus J., Jr. (Augustus Johannes), 1940-
Grant, H. Roger, 1943-
Other Form: Print version: Crommelin, Claude August, 1840-1874. Young Dutchman views post-Civil War America. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253356093 (DLC) 2010035372 (OCoLC)613435495
ISBN 9780253000903 (electronic book)
0253000904 (electronic book)
9780253356093
0253356091