Sarmiento's Travels in the U.S. in 1847

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Sarmiento's Travels in the U.S. in 1847
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Aaron Rockland
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreTravel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9780691620916
ClassificationsDewey:917.304
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888), Argentine educator, statesman, and writer, self-educated after the model of Benjamin Franklin, was "not a man but a nation," in the words of Mrs. Horace Mann. Like De Tocqueville, this remarkable man visited the United States in its early years and wrote a detailed account of this new phenomenon. Full of shr