| Description |
124 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 239 |
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Very short introductions ; 239.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and index. |
| Summary |
No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and intense study of documents and authorities, he authored the landmark Democracy in America, publishing its two volumes in 1835 and 1840. Yet Tocqueville himself remains a mystery. Now a leading authority on Tocqueville explains him as a thinker, clearly and incisively exploring Tocqueville's writings--not only his masterpiece, but also his secret Recollections, intended for posterity alone, and his unfinished work on his native France, The Old Regime and the Revolution. |
| Contents |
Introduction : a new kind of liberal -- Tocqueville's democratic providence -- Tocqueville's praise of democracy -- Informal democracy -- Democratic despotism -- Rational administration -- Tocqueville's pride. |
| Subject |
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Political and social views.
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Historians -- France -- Biography.
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Statesmen -- France -- Biography.
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Democracy.
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| ISBN |
9780195175394 paperback |
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0195175395 |
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