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Sarmiento's Travels in the U.S. in 1847
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Sarmiento's Travels in the U.S. in 1847
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Michael Aaron Rockland
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:352 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Travel writing |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691647616
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Classifications | Dewey:917.304 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
19 April 2016 |
Publication Country |
United States
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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
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