A Diary in America
With Remarks on its Institutions
6 Volume Set
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
- Author: Frederick Marryat
- Date Published: October 2011
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- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108032476
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Captain Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) was a distinguished naval officer, today best remembered as a novelist (particularly of stories for children), often drawing on his own experiences. He also edited a radical journal, and wrote non-fiction, including an attack on press-gangs, which damaged his career. He spent 1837 and 1838 travelling in North America, publishing his impressions in this unstructured six-volume 'diary' in 1839. He states that the number of contradictory and often trivial accounts of American life being published made him want to see the New World for himself. He found it impossible to make generalisations, given the size of the country and the different origins of new arrivals, and did not believe America would become a coherent nation for many years. Fascinated by the energy he found in America, he came to believe that the American character was shaped both by natural resources and by democratic government.
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- Date Published: October 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108032476
- length: 1960 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 140 x 115 mm
- weight: 2.56kg
- contains: 2 maps
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Introduction
Diary in America, 1–21. Volume 2: Diary in America, 1–13
Remarks: Language
Credit
Penitentiaries
Army. Volume 3: Remarks, continued: American marine
Slavery
Religion in America
Societies and associations
Law
Lynch law
Climate
Education. Volume 4: Travelling
Emigration and migration
Newspaper press
Authors, etc.
The Mississippi. Volume 5: Society - women
Public opinion, or the majority
Patriotism
England and the United States
Society - general character, etc.
Aristocracy
Government
Constitution of the United States. Volume 6: Canada
Indians
Causes of the Florida war
Reply to the Edinburgh Review
Appendix.
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