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Alexis De Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (LOA #147)

A new translation by Arthur Goldhammer

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Considered one of the most influential works of the 19th century, Democracy in America offers insights into American politics that still ring true todayAlexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in Democracy in America (1835-40), a landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis.Tocqueville vividly describes the unprecedented social equality he found in America and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era. His book provides enduring insight into the… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-59853-181-7
  • EAN: 9781598531817
  • Produktnummer: 17567361
  • Verlag: Library of America
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
  • Seitenangabe: 928 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'185 KB

Über den Autor


Arthur Goldhammer is the award-winning translator of more than eighty French works in history, literature, art history, classical studies, philosophy, psychology, and social science. Olivier Zunz is Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia, and the author of numerous books including Why the American Century? He has also co-edited The Tocqueville Reader (Blackwell) and is president of the Tocqueville Society.

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