Description |
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (various pagings ; 22 cm.) |
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Great courses. Philosophy & intellectual history |
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Great courses (DVD)
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System Details |
DVD. |
Performer |
Lecturer: William R. Cook, State University of New York at Geneseo. |
Summary |
Professor Cook leads you on an engaging and energetic discussion on Alexis de Tocqueville, his journey, his writing of Democracy in America and, most of all, his thoughts on the young nation he was observing. For Tocqueville, it seems, had opinions about almost everything he encountered in America, and not exclusively politics and "classical" issues such as the nature of the judiciary and the role of freedom of the press. |
Contents |
pt. 1. disc 1. Overview of democracy in America -- Alexis de Tocqueville--a brief biography -- Journey to America -- Equality of conditions and freedom -- Foundations of the American experience -- Does America have a mixed constitution? -- disc 2. American Constitution -- Judiciary and lawyers in America -- Democracy and local government -- Freedom of speech in theory and practice -- Freedom of the press -- Political parties -- pt. 2. disc 3. Problem of the tyranny of the majority -- Political associations -- Civil associations -- Blacks and Indians -- Mores and democracy -- Christianity and democracy -- disc 4. Education and culture in democracies -- Individualism in America -- Desire for wealth in America -- Democratic family -- Are democracy and excellence compatible? -- Tocqueville's unanswered questions. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. De la démocratie en Amérique. English.
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Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Political and social views.
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Democracy -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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United States -- Social conditions.
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Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. (OCoLC)fst00041873
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De la démocratie en Amérique (Tocqueville, Alexis de) (OCoLC)fst01357670
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Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
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Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Genre/Form |
Educational films.
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Educational films. (OCoLC)fst01726235
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Added Author |
Dooley, Tom.
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Leven, Jon.
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Reay, Alisha.
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Teaching Company.
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State University of New York College, Geneseo.
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ISBN |
1565859537: $254.95 |
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9781565859531 |
Music No. |
4863 Teaching Company |
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4863-01, 4863-02 Teaching Company |
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