Sarmiento's Travels In The U.s. In 1847 (princeton Legacy Library)
by Michael Aaron Rockland /
2015 / English / PDF
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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.
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 shrewd social commentary and unique vignettes of the
America of this period-of Boston, for instance, where Sarmiento
met the Horace Manns and later Emerson and
Longfellow-
Full of shrewd social commentary and unique vignettes of the
America of this period-of Boston, for instance, where Sarmiento
met the Horace Manns and later Emerson and
Longfellow-Travels
Travels should take its place among the
important commentaries on the United States written during the
last century by foreign visitors. Professor Rockland's
introductory essay provides the broader context in which
should take its place among the
important commentaries on the United States written during the
last century by foreign visitors. Professor Rockland's
introductory essay provides the broader context in whichTravels
Travels must be seen: its place in Sarmiento's life and
career and its importance as testimony to forgotten lines of
influence between North and South America.
must be seen: its place in Sarmiento's life and
career and its importance as testimony to forgotten lines of
influence between North and South America.
Originally published in 1970.
Originally published in 1970.
The
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uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library
is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found
in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.