On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France: The Complete Text - Paperbackby Gustave de Beaumont (Author), Alexis de Tocqueville (Author), Emily Katherine Ferkaluk (Translator) Provides the first complete and literal English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application to France. Fills a void in Tocquevillian studies and extrapolates the roots of American penal reform in the nineteenth century. Appeals to a growing field of scholars