Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)

Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)
Alexis de Tocqueville (Author), Isaac Kramnick (Editor, Introduction), Gerald Bevan (Translator)
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Democracy

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.
 
This new edition is the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, including the rarely-translated Two Weeks in the Wilderness, an account of Tocqueville's travels in Michigan among the Iroquois, and Excursion to Lake Oneida.

• Rank: #9961 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-01
• Released on: 2003-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x 1.65" w x 5.08" l, 1.48 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 992 pages

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author alexis de tocqueville format paperback language english publication year 24 04 2003 subject literature poetry criticism subject 2 anthologies goddings limited presents democracy in america penguin classics isbn 0140447601 author alexis de tocqueville editor isaac kramnick translator gerald bevan publisher penguin classics date 2003 07 01 seller sku gard 0140447606 qty available 1 format paperback condition new notes brand new book will ship 1 st class to the uk or airmail worldwide airmai

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Democracy, An American Novel

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