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050 10 $aJK216$b.T7 1946
100 1 $aTocqueville, Alexis de,$d1805-1859.
240 10 $aDe la démocratie en Amérique.$kSelections.$lEnglish
245 10 $aDemocracy in America /$ctranslated by Henry Reeve. Edited with an introduction by Henry Steele Commager.
250 $a[An abridgment.]
260 0 $aLondon :$bOxford Univ. Press$c[1946]
300 $axxviii, 599 p.
440 4 $aThe World's classics,$v496
505 0 $aThe author's preface to the first part. -- Exterior form of North America. -- Origin of the Anglo-Americans and its importance in relation to their present condition. -- The social condition of the Anglo-Americans. -- The principle of the sovereignty of the people of America. -- Townships and municipal bodies. -- Judicial power in the United States, and its influence on political society. -- The federal constitution. -- Characteristics and advantages of the American federal system. -- Political parties. -- Liberty of the press in the United States. -- Political associations in the United States. -- Democratic government in America. -- The real advantages that American society derives from democratic government. -- Unlimited power of the majority in the United States, and its consequences. -- Causes which mitigate the tyranny of the majority in the United States. -- Principal causes which tend to maintain the democratic republic in the United States. -- The influence of manners and religion on democratic institutions in the United States. -- The chances of the duration of the union. -- Future prospects of the United States.
505 8 $aThe author's preface to the second part. -- The influences of democracy on philosophy. -- The influences of democracy on religion. -- The influences of democracy on science and the arts. -- The influences of democracy on language and literature. -- Individualism in democratic countries. -- The use Americans make of public associations. -- The principle of interest rightly understood. -- The desire for wealth and for physical prosperity. -- Occupations and business callings. -- The influence of democracy on manners. -- The influence of democracy on social and domestic relations. -- The influence of democracy on public relations. -- Why great revolutions will become more rare. -- Warfare among democratic peoples. -- The influence of democratic opinions and sentiments on political society.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions.
700 1 $aReeve, Henry,$d1813-1895.
700 1 $aCommager, Henry Steele,$d1902-1998.
700 1 $aReeve, Henry,$d1813-1895,$etranslator.
700 1 $aCommager, Henry Steele,$d1902-1998,$eeditor.
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