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Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution, and Society

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Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution, and Society

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Alexis de Tocqueville possessed one of the most fertile sociological imaginations of the nineteenth century. For more than 120 years, his uncanny predictive insight has continued to fascinate thinkers, and his writings have continued to influence our interpretations of history and society. His analyses of many issues remain relevant to current social and political problems. In this volume John Stone and Stephen Mennell bring together for the first time selections from the full range of Tocqueville's writings, selections that illustrate the depth of his insight and analysis.

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0226805271

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Tocqueville on America After 1840

Letters and Other Writings

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Tocqueville on America After 1840

Letters and Other Writings

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Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to Tocqueville's views on American politics from 1840 to 1859, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.

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0521859557

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Democracy in America (Abridged)

By: Alexis de Tocqueville,Stephen D. Grant,Sanford Kessler

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Democracy in America (Abridged)

By: Alexis de Tocqueville,Stephen D. Grant,Sanford Kessler

This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments -- including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful introduction offer aids to the understanding of a masterpiece of nineteenth-century social thought that continues in our own day to illuminate debates about the roles of liberty and equality in American life.

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Hackett Publishing

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0872204944

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9780872204942

Democracy in America

A New Abridgment for Students

By: de Tocqueville, Alexis

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Democracy in America

A New Abridgment for Students

By: de Tocqueville, Alexis

French thinker Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has for years been a classic for American political studies. The expansive 2-volume original is here provided in a new abridgement for students, giving an accessible yet complete picture of Tocqueville’s thought. With a new introduction by editor John D. Wilsey, this volume opens a clear window into American political, cultural, and religious history.

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Lexham Press

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1577997662

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9781577997665

Selected Letters on Politics and Society

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Selected Letters on Politics and Society

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Correspondence by the eminent nineteenth-century French historian documents his polical views, his careers as a writer and politician, and his complex personality

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Univ of California Press

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0520057511

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9780520057517

The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

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The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville (1805 - 1859) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840). In both he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States, and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. He argued that the importance of the French Revolution was to continue the process of modernizing and centralizing the French state which had begun under King Louis XIV. The failure of the Revolution came from the inexperience of the deputies who were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals. Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government, but was skeptical of the extremes of democracy.

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1519617577

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American Institutions and Their Influence

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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American Institutions and Their Influence

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Reproduction of the original: American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville

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373263213X

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Democracy in America, Complete

By: Alexis De Tocqueville,Henry Reeve

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Democracy in America, Complete

By: Alexis De Tocqueville,Henry Reeve

This Book Contains The First and The Second Volumes. Democracy in America published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840 is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville.

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1508419124

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Tocqueville's America, the Great Quotations

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Tocqueville's America, the Great Quotations

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...boldness of enterprise is the foremost cause of (America's) progress, its strength, and its greatness." With that succinct statement a young French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, expressed his perceptive analysis of the United States, following a nine-month tour of the young republic beginning in May of 1831. His remarkable two-volume study, Democracy in America, presented an insight that has withstood the test of time to the extent of being described by many scholars as the finest treatise of its kind in the past century and a half. As one of a few companies spanning that period of time, Cooper Industries represents an intriguing mirror for Tocqueville's long-range observations. Boldness of enterprise has indeed been reflected by the efforts of individual entrepreneurs whose companies have come together as Cooper Industries, and many of their names continue to identify successful company products. Among those men were Charles and Elias Cooper, Robert W. Gardner, Huntington B. Crouse, Jesse L. Hinds, Carl E. Weller, Charles W. Kirsch, E.T. Lufkin, William T. Nicholson, and Jacob Wiss. "They (men living in democracies) are therefore all led to engage in commerce, not only for the sake of the profit it holds out to them, but for the love of the constant excitement occasioned by that pursuit," wrote Tocqueville. Were profit the only motive, most of the men who have guided Cooper Industries through the fluctuating business cycles of 150 years would have given up in the depths of economic disasters created by depressions and market shifts. Cooper's growth by no means has been a steady uphill climb; but no reviewer could criticize its history as lacking excitement. Tocqueville contrasted the American "notion of labor" with that of Europeans, writing that, in the United States, "not only is labor not dishonorable among such a people, but it is held in honor; the prejudice is not against it, but in its favor." The history of Cooper Industries is sprinkled liberally with instances of employees rising from beginning "shop floor" jobs to high management positions. Respect for all positions and opportunities for advancement have remained key elements of company philosophy since Cooper was founded in 1833 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, on the edge of a huge, undeveloped frontier.

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0821407538

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Letters from America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Letters from America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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 translation of the complete letters Tocqueville wrote during that seminal journey, accompanied by excerpts from Beaumont's correspondence that provide details or different perspectives on the places, people, and American life and attitudes the travelers encountered. --from publisher description.

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0300181833

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America is arguably the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society. Authored by Alexis de Tocqueville, a French diplomat, political scientist and historian, it is regarded as a classical account of the democratic system of the United States and has been used as an important reference ever since. Written in the 1830s, De Tocqueville saw the young nation in its infancy and yet his insights into American life and government remain surprisingly current.

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1546720545

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Democracy in America

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Democracy in America

By: Tocqueville Alexis de

An Unabridged Explanation of America to Europeans and of Americans to themselves “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”-Alexis de Tocqueville Both Volumes of Democracy in America with annotations included in this eBook In the two volumes of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Tocqueville talks about the democratic revolution that had been occurring over the past seven hundred years and applies his insights to the United States in 1835. Democracy in America is essential reading for every American and is required reading in many high school and college courses. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

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1681959011

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American Institutions and Their Influence. by Alexis de Tocqueville. with Notes, by Hon. John C. Spencer.

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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American Institutions and Their Influence. by Alexis de Tocqueville. with Notes, by Hon. John C. Spencer.

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The image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to hope or fear from its progress

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Tocqueville on America After 1840

Letters and Other Writings

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Letters and Other Writings

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Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to Tocqueville's views on American politics from 1840 to 1859, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.

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Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis de Tocqueville: Selected Letters on Politics and Society

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

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0520320425

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Alexis de Tocqueville's Journey to Ireland

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis de Tocqueville's Journey to Ireland

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This edition of his journal is perhaps the first serious scholarly effort to place Tocqueville's journey to Ireland in its proper intellectual, geographical, and historical context.

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0813207193

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Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution, and Society

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution, and Society

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

A new translation by Arthur Goldhammer

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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

A new translation by Arthur Goldhammer

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An exclusive new translation of the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society—“the bible on democracy” (The Texas Observer) This Library of America volume presents de Tocqueville’s masterpiece in an entirely new translation—the first to fully capture his style and provide a rigorous, faithful rendering of his profound ideas and observations Alexis 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 this landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis. In Democracy in America, 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 political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the vital role of religion in American life, and the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest. He also probes the deep differences between the free and slave states, writing prophetically of racism, bigotry, and prejudice in the United States. Brought to life by Arthur Goldhammer’s clear, fluid, and vigorous translation, this volume of Democracy in America is the first to fully capture Tocqueville’s achievements both as an accomplished literary stylist and as a profound political thinker.

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1931082545

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Delphi Collected Works of Alexis de Tocqueville (Illustrated)

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Delphi Collected Works of Alexis de Tocqueville (Illustrated)

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Alexis de Tocqueville was a French nineteenth century political philosopher and historian. His landmark work ‘Democracy in America’ (1840) analyses the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. The treatise won Tocqueville an immediate reputation as an esteemed political scientist. In later years, he turned to the subject of the French Revolution and, after years of research, he published ‘The Old Regime and the Revolution’, exploring French society before the French Revolution, the so-called “Ancien Régime”, while investigating the forces that led to the 1789 Revolution. The book is now generally considered one of the major early historical works on the subject, which expands on Tocqueville’s main theory about the Revolution — the theory of continuity. This eBook presents Tocqueville’s collected (almost complete) works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Tocqueville’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the major essays, with individual contents tables * Features rare translations appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare memoirs and letters * Features a brief biography * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books On the Penitentiary System in the United States (1833) Democracy in America (1835) Report Made to the Chamber of Deputies on the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies (1839) The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856) A Fortnight in the Wilderness (1861) Miscellaneous Essays The Letters Letters of Alexis de Tocqueville (1861) The Memoirs Memoir of Alexis de Tocqueville (1861) Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville (1893) The Biography Brief Biography: Alexis de Tocqueville (1911) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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1801700540

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Democracy in America (Volume 2, Unabridged)

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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Democracy in America (Volume 2, Unabridged)

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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 and failures of the American form of government, a republican representative democracy. Contained here is the unabridged second volume of that classic exposition as translated by Henry Reeve.

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1420929119

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