Democracy in America and Two Essays on AmericaPenguin, 1. juli 2003 - 992 sider 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 deomcratic 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. 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... it , " Tocqueville's most important observation was that Americans helped each other in time of need . " On the other hand , anyone wanting to help themselves can click on to www.Tocqueville.com , an e - INTRODUCTION xi.
... it , " Tocqueville's most important observation was that Americans helped each other in time of need . " On the other hand , anyone wanting to help themselves can click on to www.Tocqueville.com , an e - INTRODUCTION xi.
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... important book on " all the mechanisms of this vast American society , and not simply a study of the prison system . It would be a “ great work which would make our reputation some day . " 10 They had studied English that winter , which ...
... important book on " all the mechanisms of this vast American society , and not simply a study of the prison system . It would be a “ great work which would make our reputation some day . " 10 They had studied English that winter , which ...
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... important prisons in America , beginning with a visit to Sing Sing in Ossin- ing on the Hudson , where they were impressed by the unusual sight of nine hundred unchained convicts hard at work out- doors . Try as they might to elude ...
... important prisons in America , beginning with a visit to Sing Sing in Ossin- ing on the Hudson , where they were impressed by the unusual sight of nine hundred unchained convicts hard at work out- doors . Try as they might to elude ...
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... important as the monumental book Tocqueville wrote about America . It took Tocqueville eight years finally to write up his thoughts on America , and he did it in two stages . Two volumes , compris- ing Part I of the Text , appeared in ...
... important as the monumental book Tocqueville wrote about America . It took Tocqueville eight years finally to write up his thoughts on America , and he did it in two stages . Two volumes , compris- ing Part I of the Text , appeared in ...
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... important and neglected expression of Tocqueville's immediate experience of America , unmediated by the years of his return to France . For the same reason we also include the much shorter Excursion to Lake Oncida , with its moving ...
... important and neglected expression of Tocqueville's immediate experience of America , unmediated by the years of his return to France . For the same reason we also include the much shorter Excursion to Lake Oncida , with its moving ...
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Democracy in America | 1 |
NOTES | 861 |
Two Essays on America | 873 |
TWO WEEKS IN THE WILDERNESS | 875 |
EXCURSION TO LAKE ONEIDA | 929 |
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