American Notes by Rudyard Kipling
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Travel, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Rudyard Kipling | ISBN: | 1230000245927 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | June 11, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rudyard Kipling |
| ISBN: | 1230000245927 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
| Publication: | June 11, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-Indian Imperialist visiting the USA, these American Notes offer an interesting view of America in the 1880s.
Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence, and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that made a mockery of American democracy, and while exhibiting the racist attitudes that made him controversial in the 20th century concludes "It is not good to be a negro in the land of the free and the home of the brave."
In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-Indian Imperialist visiting the USA, these American Notes offer an interesting view of America in the 1880s.
Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence, and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that made a mockery of American democracy, and while exhibiting the racist attitudes that made him controversial in the 20th century concludes "It is not good to be a negro in the land of the free and the home of the brave."
