Aristocracy in America From the Sketch-Book of a German Nobleman / Francis J. Grund ; edited and with an introduction by Armin Mattes.
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- Studies in constitutional democracy
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- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, [2018]
- 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.
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- 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.
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- "With excerpts from The Americans in their moral, social, and political relations [by] Francis J. Grund."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Related Work:
- Grund, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1804 or 1805-1863. Americans in their moral, social, and political relations. Selections.
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- OCLC:
- 1022988130
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