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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

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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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University of Chicago Press

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0226805271

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9780226805276

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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376

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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

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

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

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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Cambridge University Press

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0521859557

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9780521859554

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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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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1519617577

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9781519617576

Democracy in America -

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

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Democracy in America -

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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830

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Carveth Press

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1447418158

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9781447418153

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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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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Scholarly Pub Office Univ of

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1425552692

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9781425552695

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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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) 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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960

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Library of America

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1598531816

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9781598531817

Democracy in America

Volumes I & II

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

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Democracy in America

Volumes I & II

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

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 Europe. Democracy in America was first published as two volumes, one in 1835 and the other in 1840; both are included in this edition.

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The Floating Press

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1775413926

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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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0520320417

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9780520320413

Tocqueville

Democracy in America Volumes 1 and 2 and Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville (Complete and Unabridged)

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

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Democracy in America Volumes 1 and 2 and Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville (Complete and Unabridged)

By: Alexis De Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was a French political thinker and historian, and wrote the famous work "Democracy in America" in two volumes. This work is renowned for characterising the American Institutions and adding to the understanding of the United States like no other. He analysed the social standards of people and the relationship between raising social standards and the free market. He thereby became one of the founding fathers of sociology and political science. This book is a seminal text in economic sociology. Tocqueville has the capacity to stand back from the object of his study and to reflect deeply and at times with wit, whilst offering the reader his incisive clarity. This collection includes both volumes of Democracy in America, in addition it includes the "Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville" - his thoughts and observations on the French Revolution, another work demonstrating his shrewd objective perspective. He identified the hazards of the course that his country was taking and also the difficulties of ensuring that there was both equality and freedom. It is a first-hand account of the upheavals that the country suffered over the months of the revolution - consequently it is exhilarating, honest and thrilling to read. Tocqueville's analysis is relevant for any democracy and consequently this work is relevant far beyond the borders of France.

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1781393826

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9781781393826

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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9781420929119

Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy in America

By: Re:organizing America,Alexis de Tocqueville,Thomas Adamo

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Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy in America

By: Re:organizing America,Alexis de Tocqueville,Thomas Adamo

Summarizing the American experience up to the 1830's Democracy in America explores why the republican government of the United States was succeeding when similar undertakings had failed elsewhere. Based on first hand observations, and balancing the positive and negative attributes of American culture, Alexis de Tocqueville provides a seminal analysis of the economic, political, cultural, and religious components that led to the resounding success of the young United States of America.

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1453818707

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9781453818701

Democracy in America

By: Tocqueville Alexis de

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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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