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  • Democracy in America

    And Two Essays on America

    by Alexis Tocqueville ...
    Translated by Gerald Bevan ...
    One of the most influential political texts ever written on America, and an indispensable authority on the nature of democracyIn 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 ... Read more

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  • Democracy in America (Complete)

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of conditions. I readily discovered the prodigious influence which this primary fact exercises on the whole course of society, by giving a certain direction to public opinion, and a certain tenor to the laws; by imparting new maxims to the governing ... Read more

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  • Democracy in America

    by Alexis de Tocqueville, Vartan Gregorian ...
    French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville's classic treatise on the American way of life.Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Here, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of majority rule—which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of a monarchy. He analyzes the ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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  • Democracy in America

    Volume 1 & 2

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    This is the two volume set of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, first published in 1835 and 1840, in which the author examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years. He believed this social change would lead to more equality and widespread economic opportunity. He also speculates on the future of democracy in the United ... Read more

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  • Democracy in America: in English translation, both volumes in a single file

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    The classic work of political science, based on De Tocqueville's observations of America in the 1830s. According to Wikipedia: "Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (July 29, 1805 April 16, 1859) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both of these works, ... Read more

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  • Ancien Regime and the Revolution

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    Translated by Gerald Bevan ...
    The Ancien Régime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) is an objective observer of both periods – providing a merciless critique of the ancien régime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledging the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in many ... Read more

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  • Democracy in America

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    Translated by Harvey C. Mansfield, Delba Winthrop ...
    The most faithful and nuanced translation of the definitive work for understanding AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's equality of conditions, its democracy. The book he wrote on his return to France, Democracy in America, is both the best ever written on democracy and the best ever written on ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • The Collected Works of Alexis de Tocqueville. Illustrated

    Democracy in America (Volume I and II). American Institutions and Their Influence. The Old Regime and the Revolution

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    Translated by Henry Reeve ...
    Reader, in this volume we compiled the most outstanding works of the famed writer Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859). A historian and statesman, de Tocqueville's foundational work, Democracy in America (1835, 1840) featured an educated, novel analysis of the state-political structure and spiritual life of the United States of America. The book uses a complex fusion of travel notes, research, ... Read more

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  • Democracy in America

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    Classic analysis of America's unique political character, quoted heavily by politicians and perennially popping up on history professors' reading lists. The book's enduring appeal lies in the eloquent, prophetic voice of Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), a French aristocrat who visited the United States in 1831. A thoughtful young man in a still-young country, he succeeded in penning this ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Democracy in America

    The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II

    by Alexis De Tocqueville ...
    From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that de Tocqueville's ability to illuminate the actual workings ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Democracy in America

    by Alexis de Tocqueville ...
    Democracy in America is a classic work of political and social analysis written by Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian. The book was published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840, following Tocqueville's extensive travels and observations of the young United States.Tocqueville's primary goal in writing "Democracy in America" was to understand the ... Read more

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  • Democracy in America: Abridged Edition (Golden Deer Classics)

    by Alexis de Tocqueville, Golden Deer Classics ...
    De La Démocratie en Amérique; published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840) is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville. Its title translates as On Democracy in America, but English translations are usually simply entitled Democracy in America. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several ... Read more

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