The Man Who Understood Democracy
The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville
A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest championsIn 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward, the French aristocrat would dedicate his life as a writer and politician to ending despotism in his country and bringing it into a new age. In this authoritative and groundbreaking biography, leading Tocqueville expert Olivier Zunz tells the story of a radical thinker who, uniquely charged by the events of his time, both in America and France, used the world as a…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-23545-5
- EAN: 9780691235455
- Produktnummer: 37887946
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 472 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 37 color illus. 2 maps.
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