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Democracy in America Alexis Tocqueville

Democracy in America By Alexis Tocqueville

Democracy in America by Alexis Tocqueville


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In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America.

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Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America by Alexis Tocqueville

One of the most influential political texts ever written on America, and an indispensable authority on the nature of democracy

In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through eastern America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's evolving politics. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing its egalitarian ideals reflected the spirit of the age. This edition, the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, includes the rarely translated 'Two Weeks in the Wilderness', an evocative account of Tocqueville's travels among the Iroquois and Chippeway, and 'Excursion to Lake Oneida'.

Translated by Gerald Bevan with an Introduction and Notes by Isaac Kramnick

Democracy in America Reviews

No better study of a nation's institutions and culture than Tocqueville's Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer. -The New York Times

The Bradley edition of Tocqueville's classic is the best now available in English. -Charles A. Beard

Professor Bradley's edition should remain the standard one for our time. -F. O. Matthiessen

With an Introduction by Alan Ryan

About Alexis Tocqueville

The French sociologist and historian, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) was active in the law and served for a time as foreign minister. He also wrote L'Ancien Regime. Gerald Bevan is the translator. Issac Kramnick is Professor of Government at Cornell and edited The Federalist Papers for Penguin.

Table of Contents

Chronology; further reading; translator's notes; democracy in America, notes; Two Weeks in the Wilderness; Excursion to Lake Oneida.

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CIN0140447601G
9780140447606
0140447601
Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America by Alexis Tocqueville
Used - Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20030424
992
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