Harriet Martineau

Society in America [Two volume set]

New York: Saunders and Otley, 1837. Very Good-. Item #47509

New York: Saunders and Otley, 1837. First American Edition. Two volumes; 12mo (19cm); publisher's green cloth, printed paper spine labels; [2],xv,[3],395; [4](ads),[6],ii,420pp. Cloth worn and starting to split along all four joints, corners bumped, paper spine labels toned and chipped with brief loss of text, 20th century ownership signature to front flyleaves, textblocks heavily foxed; Good to Very Good overall.

English Social Theorist and Abolitionist Harriet Martineau's record of her travels to the United States, which she undertook to observe for herself the state of the ideals and democratic institutions of America; finding them of course severely lacking as she encountered the slave plantations of Georgia and the mistreatment of Black citizens in New England. A wide-ranging study, also touching upon labor, politics, and religion with a keen eye for detail--the dearth of ribbon choices for her bonnet while shopping in Washington; the men's heavy use of tobacco attributed to stress.

Sabin 44941.

Price: $300.00