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(0)Alexis De Tocqueville
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Publisher
The Floating Press
Language
English
Description
Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America (De la démocratie en Amérique) is a classic text detailing the United States of the 1830s, showing a primarily favorable view by Tocqueville as he compares it to his native France. Considered to be an important account of the U.S. democratic system, it has become a classic work in the fields of political science and history. It quickly became popular in both the United States and
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Language
English
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In 1831, the then twenty-seven year old Alexis de Tocqueville, was sent with Gustave de Beaumont to America by the French Government to study and make a report on the American prison system. Over a period of nine months the two traveled all over America making notes not only on the prison systems but on all aspects of American society and government. From these notes, Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America", an exhaustive analysis of the successes...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xx, 284 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in the United States for the first time in May 1831, commissioned by the French government to study the American prison system. For the next nine months he and his companion, Gustave de Beaumont, traveled and observed not only prisons but also the political, economic, and social systems of the early republic. Along the way, they frequently reported back to friends and family members in France. This book presents the first...
Author
Series
Harper torchbooks. Academy library volume TB1060
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[1962]
Physical Desc
xviii, 617 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
7) Tocqueville
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 44
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
424 p ; cm.
Language
English