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An edition of De la démocratie en Amérique (1835)

Democracy in America

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A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist.

In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. 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 study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society has been quoted by every American president since Eisenhower, and remains a key point of reference for any discussion of the American nation or the democratic system.

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Early America, American government, Democracy, American culture, American society, Ethnography of America, French Revolution, United states, politics and government, United states, social conditions, Politics and government, History, Social conditions, Conditions sociales, Conservatism, Conservatisme, Démocratie, Gouvernement représentatif, Histoire, Intellectual life, Liberalism, Libéralisme, Politique et gouvernement, Social life and customs, Condiciones sociales, Translations into English, French literature, Política y gobierno, Vie intellectuelle, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Politics and government in the United States, Social conditions in the United States, History of the United States, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, United states, social conditions, to 1865, United states, history, 1815-1861, France, États, 1848 (Révolution de février), Unis, 1789-1799 (Révolution), United States, Classic Literature, Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics, Moeurs et coutumes, Constitutional history, Demokracja, Sytuacja spo¿eczna, Polityka i rza ·dy, United states, politics and government, 19th century, Political Science / General, Political, Abridged Audio - Misc. Nonfiction, Audio Adult: Other, Sociologie politique, 410-18e siècle (fin), Révolution, 1848-1850, Contre-révolutions, Moyen âge, Political science, Religion, Manners and customs, American National characteristics, Verfassung, Demokratie, Democracia, Democracy--united states, Jk216 .t713 2012, 320.973, Literary Essays, History Of The Americas, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, 19th Century, LITERARY COLLECTIONS, Essays, Politieke situatie, Sociale situatie, Politieke stelsels, United states, politics and government, sources, 15.85 history of America, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Jk216 .t713 2003b, Jk216 .t7 1966a, Government, National, United states, history, Islamic law, Hanbalites
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Americans, Post-revolutionary French, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
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America, United States, Amérique, Etats-Unis, Switzerland, États-Unis, Stany Zjednoczone
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19th century, To 1865, 1783-1865, 1815-1861, Jusqu'à 1865, 19 w., do 1865

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Everyman's library ;, 179

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320.973
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JK216 .T713 1994, JK216.T713 1994

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lxxii, 434, xi, 394 p. ;
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434

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OL1078477M
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democracyinameri0000tocq_j7i4
ISBN 10
0679431349
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94001752
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29844845
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879
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