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

Hardback

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:Hardback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreTravel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9780691647616
ClassificationsDewey:917.304
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
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