{"product_id":"thoughts-and-notes-at-home-and-abroad-paperback-9781108032650","title":"Thoughts and Notes at Home and Abroad (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108032650","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThoughts and Notes at Home and Abroad\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1868 collection of writings by an American social campaigner, drawing from his many experiences in the USA and Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElihu Burritt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108032650, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e326 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmerican philanthropist Elihu Burritt (1810–79) was involved in and lectured widely on many causes, including the abolition of slavery, temperance, and world peace. Known as the 'learned blacksmith' because of his early training in the trade, he was eventually appointed US consul in Birmingham, England, from 1865 to 1870. In addition to his campaigning, Burritt was a prolific writer, producing books and articles on a range of subjects. In this work, published in 1868, he assembles a collection of his writings published between 1850 and 1855 in a variety of periodicals. This compilation covers a wide range of topics - from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the 'Anarchy of Governments' - drawing from his experiences in Europe and in the USA. Much of Burritt's writing is devoted to the issue of international relations, and to his desire for a 'Congress of Nations' devoted to ending conflict in Europe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The century clock\u003cbr\u003e 2. Again in the fatherland\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Rauhe Haus at Hamburgh\u003cbr\u003e 4. Christmas at the Rauhe Haus\u003cbr\u003e 5. Christmas in Germany\u003cbr\u003e 6. The social principle\u003cbr\u003e 7. The brotherhood of nations\u003cbr\u003e 8. International sympathies\u003cbr\u003e 9. We\u003cbr\u003e 10. The heroes of Hamburgh\u003cbr\u003e 11. Trades and their transformations\u003cbr\u003e 12. International school of courtesy, 1851\u003cbr\u003e 13. The closing hour of the Great Exhibition of 1851\u003cbr\u003e 14. The moonlight of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 15. The normal schools of peace and war\u003cbr\u003e 16. A happy family\u003cbr\u003e 17. John Bull and ocean penny postage\u003cbr\u003e 18. The growing idea of a congress of nations\u003cbr\u003e 19. Bagging widows' mites\u003cbr\u003e 20. The end of that way\u003cbr\u003e 21. The silken ties that bind two willing nations\u003cbr\u003e 22. The great peace congress at Paris\u003cbr\u003e 23. The fishers of men and the expectations of the world\u003cbr\u003e 24. The anarchy of governments\u003cbr\u003e 25. The guide light of the gospel\u003cbr\u003e 26. War's religion\u003cbr\u003e 27. The husbandry of the plough and the sword\u003cbr\u003e 28. Teaching the young idea how to shoot\u003cbr\u003e 29. A child's question\u003cbr\u003e 30. Military protection\u003cbr\u003e 31. Old England's Plymouth\u003cbr\u003e 32. Letters to an apprentice\u003cbr\u003e 33. Mind and instinct\u003cbr\u003e 34. The mother and motives of invention\u003cbr\u003e 35. The entailment and dissemination of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 36. Self helps and providential helps\u003cbr\u003e 37. Easy acquisition of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 38. The simple circulation of the bible\u003cbr\u003e 39. Eighteen hundred and fifty-two\u003cbr\u003e 40. Manufacturing public opinion\u003cbr\u003e 41. A word about the war-ship in Boston harbour\u003cbr\u003e 42. A word to the boys about war\u003cbr\u003e 43. Incidents and observations in the south\u003cbr\u003e 44. After-battle amenities\u003cbr\u003e 45. One vote, and its responsibility\u003cbr\u003e 46. The relative capacities of nations\u003cbr\u003e 47. The waste of war and winnings of industry\u003cbr\u003e 48. The penny post of England\u003cbr\u003e 49. Eighteen hundred and fifty-three\u003cbr\u003e 50. The sentiment of nationality\u003cbr\u003e 51. The right and dignity of nationality\u003cbr\u003e 52. The physiology and union of nationalities\u003cbr\u003e 53. Nationality and civil freedom\u003cbr\u003e 54. Thoughts at the plough\u003cbr\u003e 55. The dignity of the farmer's occupation\u003cbr\u003e 56. 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