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February 28th, 2012 - 2:36 pm § in Book Chapters

De Tocqueville’s Tour of American Prisons and Cities in 1831 a companion to the C-Span series –New Orleans – 1

Fragment from Tocqueville’s Journal Impressions of New Orleans Arrival at New Orleans. Forest of ships. Mississippi 300 feet deep. External appearance of the town. Beautiful houses. Huts. Muddy, unpaved streets. Spanish architecture: flat roofs; English; bricks, little doors; French: massive c[...]