In Search of Happiness
Victor Jacquemont's Travel in America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3970856 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aurelian Craiutu (0000-0002-6795-1842, North-West State Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-33 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770701830716 |
| OpenAlex | W2000819810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article examines Victor Jacquemont's reflections on American democracy and society occasioned by his travel in the United States in 1827. A close friend of Stendhal, Jacquemont (1801–32) was one of the most prominent representatives of the new French generation that came of age around 1820. After a presentation of Jacquemont's political and intellectual background, the essay examines his remarks on slavery and the future of the red race, the different forms of religion, domestic manners, associational life, and newspapers in America. Because Jacquemont grasped the impact of equality on individual lives and mores in America, he might be regarded as a forerunner of Tocqueville
Democracy · Economic history · Happiness · Mores · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Political Theory and Influence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |