The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier Incorporated, 1998 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... American rural life . His Letters from an American Farmer ( 1782 ) and other works provide insights into the struggles of the frontier husbandman and thoughtfully describe and evaluate the American social scene . Crevecoeur was born ...
... American rural life . His Letters from an American Farmer ( 1782 ) and other works provide insights into the struggles of the frontier husbandman and thoughtfully describe and evaluate the American social scene . Crevecoeur was born ...
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... American institutions that had yet ap- peared , a judgment that still stands . Tocqueville in America . In 1831 Tocqueville , a minor civil servant , was sent by the French gov- ernment to the United States to report on prison ...
... American institutions that had yet ap- peared , a judgment that still stands . Tocqueville in America . In 1831 Tocqueville , a minor civil servant , was sent by the French gov- ernment to the United States to report on prison ...
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... American political scene by lawyers , and he de- scribed , in terms that are still relevant , the aris- tocracy of the robe . Defects and Merits . Democracy in America is not without its defects - defects both numerous and profound ...
... American political scene by lawyers , and he de- scribed , in terms that are still relevant , the aris- tocracy of the robe . Defects and Merits . Democracy in America is not without its defects - defects both numerous and profound ...
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