Beaumont, Gustave de 1802-1866

Ireland social, political, and religious by Gustave de Beaumont ( )
19 editions published between 1839 and 2007 in English and held by 1,364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paralleling his friend Alexis de Tocqueville's visit to America, Gustave de Beaumont traveled through Ireland in the mid-1830s to observe its people and society. In Ireland, he chronicles the history of the Irish and offers up a national portrait on the eve of the Great Famine. Published to acclaim in France, Ireland remained in print there until 1914. The English edition, translated by William Cooke Taylor and published in 1839, was not reprinted. In a devastating critique of British policy in Ireland, Beaumont questioned why a government with such enlightened institutions tolerated such oppression. He was scathing in his depiction of the ruinous state of Ireland, noting the desperation of the Catholics, the misery of repeated famines, the unfair landlord system, and the faults of the aristocracy. It was not surprising the Irish were seen as loafers, drunks, and brutes when they had been reduced to living like beasts. Yet Beaumont held out hope that British liberal reforms could heal Ireland's wounds. This rediscovered masterpiece, in a single volume for the first time, reproduces the nineteenth-century Taylor translation and includes an introduction on Beaumont and his world. This volume also presents Beaumont's impassioned preface to the 1863 French edition in which he portrays the appalling effects of the Great Famine

Letters from America by Alexis de Tocqueville ( Book )
5 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. For the next nine months he and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, traveled and observed not only prisons but also the political, economic, and social systems of the early republic. Along the way, they frequently reported back to friends and family members in France. This book presents the first translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that seminal journey, accompanied by excerpts from Beaumont's correspondence that provide details or different perspectives on the places, people, and American life and attitudes the travelers encountered. --from publisher description

On the penitentiary system in the United States and its application in France by Gustave de Beaumont ( Book )
13 editions published between 1833 and 1984 in English and held by 796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marie; or, Slavery in the United States: a novel of Jacksonian America by Gustave de Beaumont ( Book )
15 editions published between 1958 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 691 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the penitentiary system in the United States and its application in France with an appendix on penal colonies, and also, statistical notes by Gustave de Beaumont ( Book )
15 editions published between 1833 and 1980 in English and held by 661 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marie ou, L'esclavage aux États-Unis, tableau de moeurs américaines by Gustave de Beaumont ( Book )
50 editions published between 1835 and 2005 in French and Italian and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America : their friendship and their travels by Alexis de Tocqueville ( Book )
4 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of Tocqueville's writings on America together with letters and sketches from his traveling companion, Gustave de Beaumont

Origin and outline of the penitentiary system in the United States of North America by Gustave de Beaumont ( )
8 editions published in 1833 in English and held by 363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

L'Irlande sociale, politique et religieuse by Gustave de Beaumont ( Book )
57 editions published between 1839 and 2013 in French and English and held by 361 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Author's proof copy. Volume 1 is autographed by the author and contains one sheet of manuscript notes tipped in. Volume 2 contains manuscript notes in margins which were trimmed in the binding process

Tocqueville and Beaumont on social reform by Seymour Drescher ( Book )
4 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide