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... FRANCIS LIEBER 35 18274 5. The Pervasive Influence of Democracy 35-40 40 BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE 6. Eccentricity and Originality in the American Character BY HARRIET MARTINEAU 75 1838 81 18304 7. The American Idiom and American Prudery ...
... FRANCIS LIEBER 35 18274 5. The Pervasive Influence of Democracy 35-40 40 BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE 6. Eccentricity and Originality in the American Character BY HARRIET MARTINEAU 75 1838 81 18304 7. The American Idiom and American Prudery ...
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... FRANCIS LIEBER ALTHOUGH born and educated in Germany , Francis Lieber belongs to American history and scholarship ; indeed were it not that his Letters to a Gentleman in Germany were written shortly after his arrival in America , he ...
... FRANCIS LIEBER ALTHOUGH born and educated in Germany , Francis Lieber belongs to American history and scholarship ; indeed were it not that his Letters to a Gentleman in Germany were written shortly after his arrival in America , he ...
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... Francis Lieber , Letters to a Gentleman in Germany , edited by Francis Lieber . Philadelphia , 1834 . 5. Alexis de Tocqueville , Democracy in America . 1835 and 1840 and many subsequent editions . This selection is taken from the ...
... Francis Lieber , Letters to a Gentleman in Germany , edited by Francis Lieber . Philadelphia , 1834 . 5. Alexis de Tocqueville , Democracy in America . 1835 and 1840 and many subsequent editions . This selection is taken from the ...
Contents
Introduction by HENRY STEELE COMMAGER | 3 |
Why the Americans Are a Happy People 788 | 20 |
The Homeliness and Friendliness of the Amer | 33 |
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