Titles by Gustave de Beaumont

1802 – 1866

Gustave de Beaumont (1802-1866) was Tocqueville’s companion on his famous trip to America in 1831 in order to observe the American prison system. Along the way they observed and collected material which would later produce Tocqueville’s book Democracy in America (1835, 1840) and Beaumont’s book Marie on slavery.

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Ireland: Social, Political, and Religious, 2 vols. (1839)

Gustave de Beaumont

Ireland: Social, Political, and Religious, vol. 1 (1839)

Gustave de Beaumont

Ireland: Social, Political, and Religious, vol. 2 (1839)

Gustave de Beaumont

L’Irlande sociale, politique, réligieuse, 2 vols

Gustave de Beaumont

L’Irlande sociale, politique, réligieuse, vol. 1

Gustave de Beaumont

L’Irlande sociale, politique, réligieuse, vol. 2

Gustave de Beaumont

Marie: ou l’Esclavage aux États-Unis

Gustave de Beaumont

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