The most popular events for the Tocqueville - State Politics Series http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=series&id=12 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Fri, 09 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 07:15:15 GMT Tocqueville - State Politics The Tocqueville tour through the United States was launched with a live program from the Old Colony House. Tocqueville and Beaumont arrived in Newport after a sea voyage of 38 days which began in Havre, France. Historians, the two Rhode Island senators and others discussed Tocqueville and Beaumont's impressions upon their arrival in the United States and compared these ideas to current political conditions in the United States. They also took questions and comments from viewers. The entire tour will make at least 55 stops over the next nine months. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/80666-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/80666-1 Fri, 09 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT Tocqueville and Beaumont visited Whitehall, New York on their way from Montreal to Albany in September 1831. Ms. Greenough talked about the history of the town, which was a major transportation center due to a canal which connected Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. Mr. Barone talked about his comparisons of the U.S. in the 1830s and today and took viewer calls. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/90362-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/90362-1 Fri, 09 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT