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Democracy In America

Democracy In America
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Tocqueville's monumental book is as relevant today as when it was first published in the mid-nineteenth century, and it remains the most comprehensive, penetrating, and astute picture of American life, politics, and morals ever written - whether by an American or, as in this case, a foreign visitor.

In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the life and institutions of the evolving nation. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensable authority on democracy.

Additional Book Info

ISBN
978-0140447606, 0140447601
Page Count
992
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Year Published
2003
SKU
9780140447606
Alexis de Tocqueville
(Author)