| Description |
4 sound discs (circa 4 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical 1.4 m. per second rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Series |
The modern scholar : great professors teaching you! |
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Modern scholar.
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| Performer |
Lecturer: Ken Masugi,Johns Hopkins University. |
| Note |
In container (17 cm.). |
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"8 lectures"--Container. |
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Compact disc. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. Tocqueville's amazing and enduring insights -- lecture 2. Making democracy safe for the world -- lecture 3. Self-government, American style -- lecture 4. The sources of American liberty -- lecture 5. The slavery of African-Americans, the aristocracy of women -- lecture 6. The decline of the American spirit -- lecture 7. How democracy grows the "gentle despotism" of bureaucracy -- lecture 8. Tocqueville and the great American statesman. |
| Summary |
Examining the founding of the American political system through the classic works of Democracy in America author Alexis de Tocqueville, this course explores the big ideas of the American experiment. Taking into account matters from liberty and independence to self-government and civil associations, these lectures highlight issues of states' rights, church and state, race, and public versus private charity. |
| Subject |
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. De la démocratie en Amérique. English.
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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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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Recorded Books, LLC.
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Crescite Group, LLC.
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| ISBN |
9781470346652 |
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1470346656 |
| Music No. |
UC0117 Recorded Books |
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