Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828 3 Volume Set - Basil Hall

Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828 3 Volume Set

Basil Hall (Autor)

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1326 Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-03286-5 (ISBN)
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Captain Basil Hall (1788–1844) was a Scottish seaman and travel writer. These volumes, first published in 1829, contain his detailed and controversial account of his journey across America and Canada between 1827 and 1828, providing a fascinating description of contemporary social conditions and political tensions in North America.
Captain Basil Hall (1788–1844) was a Scottish seaman and travel writer. After attending the Royal High School in Edinburgh he joined the Navy in 1802, and was appointed captain in 1814. He served on many diplomatic and scientific naval missions, and on his retirement from the Navy began to publish accounts of his experiences, based on his journals. These volumes, first published in 1829, contain his detailed and controversial account of his journey across America and Canada between 1827 and 1828. Hall provides a fascinating and engaging description of social conditions, political structures and political tensions in Canada and America in the period, while also illustrating contemporary English prejudices concerning American society. He was an observant man, commentating on a range of aspects of American life, including slavery and the status of women, from the sophisticated city of Boston to cotton farms and prisons.

Volume 1: Preface; 1. New York; 2. Hudson River; 3. West Point; 4. Schenectady; 5. Village of Rochester; 6. Falls of Rochester; 7. Falls of Niagara; 8. The Welland and other canals in Canada; 9. Expedition to the Grand River; 10. Burlington Bay; 11. Visit to the emigrants sent out by government in 1825; 12. Details of the progress of new settlements in Canada; 13. Last view of Niagara; 14. Montreal; 15. Advantages of the British North American colonies to England, and of England to those colonies. Volume 2: 1. Lake George; 2. Albany; 3. Court of Errors at Albany; 4. Stockbridge; 5. Northampton; 6. Boston; 7. Boston; 8. Salem; 9. Schools at Boston; 10. Boston; 11. Sketches of the rise and progress of the American Constitution; 12. Law of elections; 13. Theory and practice of democracy; 14. Congress and state legislatures; 15. Philosophical Society at New York; 16. Publication of books in America; 17. Journey from Philadelphia to Baltimore; 18. Baltimore; 19. On the American judicial system. Volume 3: 1. Washington; 2. Sale of a slave; 3. Debate in Congress on a picture; 4. The Potomac; 5. On the theory and practice of military punishments; 6. The dismal swamp; 7. Charleston; 8. Journey from Charleston; 9. American Veturino; 10. Commencement of the journey through the state of Georgia; 11. Passage of the Yam Grandy; 12. Distress of the Creek Indians; 13. Montgomery on the Alabama; 14. Trip to the mouths of the Mississippi; 15. Wooding stations on the Mississippi; 16. Louisville in Kentucky; 17. Conversation with an American respecting the points of comparison between his country and England.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 22.9.2011
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
Zusatzinfo 1 Maps
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 1700 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-108-03286-9 / 1108032869
ISBN-13 978-1-108-03286-5 / 9781108032865
Zustand Neuware
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