Society, Manners
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共 223 题- SOCIETY, MANNERS AND POLITICS
- IN THE
- UNITED STATES:
- BEING A
- SERIES OF LETTERS ON NORTH AMERICA.
- BY MICHAEL CHEVALIER.
- TRANSLATED FROM THE THIRD PARIS EDITION.
- NOTICE.
- CONTENTS.
- LETTERS.
- I. THE RAILROAD FROM LONDON TO PARIS.
- II. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILROAD.
- III. WAR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES UPON THE BANK.
- IV. THE DEMOCRACY.--THE BANK.
- V. MOVEMENT OF PARTIES.--BANK QUESTION.
- VI. PROGRESS OF THE STRUGGLE.--NEW POWERS.
- VII. RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.
- VIII. THE BANKS.--PRESERVATION OF THE UNION.
- IX. THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
- X. THE YANKEE AND THE VIRGINIAN.
- XI. THE CITY OF LOWELL.
- XII. FACTORY GIRLS OF LOWELL.
- XIII. THE BANK.--SLAVERY.
- XIV. THE ELECTIONS.
- XV. PITTSBURG.
- XVI. GENERAL JACKSON.
- XVII. PUBLIC OPINION.
- XVIII. CINCINNATI.
- XIX. CINCINNATI.
- XX. WESTERN STEAMBOATS.
- XXI. INTERCOMMUNICATION.
- XXII. LABOUR.
- XXIII. MONEY.
- XXIV. SPECULATIONS.
- XXV. BEDFORD SPRINGS.
- XXVI. POWER AND LIBERTY.
- XXVII. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY.
- XXVIII. SOCIAL REFORM.
- XXIX. THE EMPIRE STATE.
- XXX. SYMPTOMS OF A REVOLUTION.
- XXXI. THE MIDDLE CLASSES.
- XXXII. ARISTOCRACY.
- XXXIII. DEMOCRACY.
- NOTES AT THE END OF THE VOLUME.
- 2. Coal mined in England, France and Belgium, 442
- 5. Nullification, (omitted.)
- 7. Of Failures in the United States, 449
- 9. Transfer of Funds by the Bank of the United States, 453
- 13. Temperance Societies, (omitted.)
- 15. Production and Consumption of Cotton throughout the World, 456
- 16. Degradation of the People of Colour, (omitted.)
- 17. Trial of the Incendiaries of the Ursuline Convent, 456
- 18. Anthracite Coal, (omitted.)
- 19. Conclusion of the Question of the Public Deposits, (omitted.)
- 20. Taxation in the United States, 458
- 22. Summary View of Public Works in the United States, 462
- 23. Geological Surveys, 466
- LETTERS ON NORTH AMERICA.
- INTRODUCTION.
- LETTER I.
- RAILROAD FROM LONDON TO PARIS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER II.
- LIVERPOOL AND THE RAILROAD.
- LIVERPOOL, NOV. 7, 1833.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER III.
- WAR OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES UPON THE BANK.
- NEW YORK, JANUARY 1, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER IV.
- DEMOCRACY--THE BANK.
- NEW YORK, JANUARY 11, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER V.
- MOVEMENT OF PARTIES.--BANK QUESTION.
- PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 5, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER VI.
- PROGRESS OF THE STRUGGLE.--NEW POWERS.
- BALTIMORE, MARCH 1, 1834.
- LETTER VII.
- RAILROADS IN AMERICA.
- RICHMOND, (VA.) MARCH 15, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER VIII.
- THE BANKS.--THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION.
- WASHINGTON, APRIL 10, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER IX.
- THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
- PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 24, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER X.
- THE YANKEE AND THE VIRGINIAN.
- CHARLESTON, MAY 28, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XI.
- LOWELL.
- LOWELL, JUNE 12, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XII.
- THE FACTORY GIRLS OF LOWELL.
- BOSTON, JUNE 22, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XIII.
- THE BANK.--SLAVERY.
- ELMINGTON, (VA.) AUG. 24, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XIV.
- THE ELECTIONS.
- NEW YORK, NOV. 11, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XV.
- PITTSBURG.
- PITTSBURG, NOVEMBER 24, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XVI.
- GENERAL JACKSON.
- LOUISVILLE, (KY.), DECEMBER 15, 1834.
- LETTER XVII.
- PUBLIC OPINION.
- LOUISVILLE, DECEMBER 22, 1834.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XVIII.
- CINCINNATI.
- MEMPHIS, (TENN.), JAN. 1, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XIX.
- NATCHEZ, (MISS.) JAN. 4, 1835.
- LETTER XX.
- WESTERN STEAMBOATS.
- NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 8, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXI.
- INTERCOMMUNICATION.
- BUFFALO, (N. Y.) JULY 9, 1835.
- SECT. I. LINES EXTENDING ACROSS THE ALLEGHANIES.
- FIRST LINE. ERIE CANAL.
- SECOND LINE. PENNSYLVANIA CANAL.
- THIRD LINE. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
- FOURTH LINE. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
- FIFTH LINE. JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA COMMUNICATION.
- SIXTH LINE. RICHELIEU CANAL.
- FIRST LINE. OHIO CANAL.
- SECOND LINE. MIAMI CANAL.
- THIRD LINE. WABASH AND ERIE CANAL.
- FOURTH LINE. ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL.
- FIFTH LINE. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CANAL.
- DIFFERENT LINES.
- SECT. III. LINES OF COMMUNICATION ALONG THE ATLANTIC.
- FIRST LINE. INLAND CHANNELS BY THE SOUNDS AND BAYS ALONG THE ATLANTIC.
- SECT. IV. LINES RADIATING AROUND THE LARGE TOWNS.
- FIRST CENTRE. BOSTON.
- SECOND CENTRE. NEW YORK.
- THIRD CENTRE. PHILADELPHIA.
- FOURTH CENTRE. BALTIMORE.
- FIFTH CENTRE. CHARLESTON.
- SIXTH CENTRE. NEW ORLEANS.
- SEVENTH CENTRE. SARATOGA.
- SECTION V. WORKS CONNECTED WITH COAL-MINES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXII.
- LABOUR.
- LANCASTER, (PENNSYLVANIA,) JULY 20, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXIII.
- MONEY.
- SUNBURY, (PENNSYLVANIA,) JULY 31, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXIV.
- SPECULATIONS.
- JOHNSTOWN, (PENN.) AUG. 4, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXV.
- BEDFORD SPRINGS.
- BEDFORD SPRINGS, (PA.) AUG. 7, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXVI.
- POWER AND LIBERTY.
- RICHMOND, AUG. 16, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXVII.
- SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT.
- CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXVIII.
- SOCIAL REFORM.
- AUGUSTA, (GEORGIA,) SEPTEMBER 3, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXIX.
- THE EMPIRE STATE.
- ALBANY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXX.
- SYMPTOMS OF REVOLUTION.
- BALTIMORE, SEPTEMBER 25, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXXI.
- THE MIDDLE CLASSES.
- BALTIMORE, OCT. 8, 1835.
- LETTER XXXII.
- ARISTOCRACY.
- PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 13, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LETTER XXXIII.
- DEMOCRACY.
- NEW YORK, OCTOBER 22, 1835.
- FOOTNOTES:
- NOTES.
- NOTE 5--page 38--_omitted._
- At the end of 1836, the Lowell cotton factories comprised
- NOTE 16--page 154--_omitted._
- NOTE 18--page 172. _Omitted._
- NOTE 19--page 180. _Omitted._
- I. LINES BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST.
- II. LINES CONNECTING THE VALLEYS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND ST. LAWRENCE.
- III. LINES ALONG THE ATLANTIC.
- IV. LINES RADIATING FROM THE LARGE TOWNS.
- V. LINES CONNECTED WITH THE COAL MINES.
- VI. DIFFERENT LINES.
- VII. SUMMARY OF THE ABOVE TABLES.
- FOOTNOTES: