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17 Burnside US History- De Tocqueville

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Other titles in the Democracy in America series:

  1. Democracy in America Volume 2

Democracy in America Volume 1 From 1949 Edition

by Alexis Tocqueville

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Out of Alex de Tocqueville's travels through the U.S. in the 1830's came an insightful study of a young democracy and its institutions. This 2 volume edition presents Tocqueville's original text. Footnotes, bibliography.

Review:

"No better study of a nation's institutions and culture than Tocqueville's Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer; none perhaps as good."
-The New York Times

Praise for the work of Joseph Epstein:

Review:

"If Epstein's ultimate ancestor is Montaigne, his more immediate master is Mencken. Like Mencken, he has fashioned a style that successfully combines elegance and even bookishness with street-smart colloquial directness. And there is nothing remote or aloof about him."

-John Gross, Chicago Tribune

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Review:

"Joseph Epstein is an essayist in the brilliant tradition of Charles Lamb. He moves so effortlessly from the amusingly personal to the broadly philosophical that it takes a moment before you realize how far out into the intellectual cosmos you've been taken."

-Tom Wolfe

Review:

"If Epstein's ultimate ancestor is Montaigne, his more immediate master is Mencken. Like Mencken, he has fashioned a style that successfully combines elegance and even bookishness with street-smart colloquial directness. And there is nothing remote or aloof about him."
-John Gross, Chicago Tribune

Review:

"No better study of a nation's institutions and culture than Tocqueville's Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer; none perhaps as good."

--The New York Times

Praise for the work of Joseph Epstein:

"Epstein is one of the premier contemporary American essayists...What is so remarkable about Epstein as an essay writer is that he'll begin a discussion at some personal place...and end up in another place relevant to us all. He enjoys making language work, not making it jump through hoops for show." --Booklist

"Joseph Epstein is an essayist in the brilliant tradition of Charles Lamb. He moves so effortlessly from the amusingly personal to the broadly philosophical that it takes a moment before you realize how far out into the intellectual cosmos you've been taken."

--Tom Wolfe

"Joseph Epstein's essays no more need his identifying byline than Van Gogh's paintings need his signature. Epstein's style--call it learned whimsy--is unmistakable; for Epstein addicts, indispensable."

--George Will

"Joseph Epstein is the liveliest, most erudite and engaging essayist we have." --James Atlas

"If Epstein's ultimate ancestor is Montaigne, his more immediate master is Mencken. Like Mencken, he has fashioned a style that successfully combines elegance and even bookishness with street-smart colloquial directness. And there is nothing remote or aloof about him."

--John Gross, Chicago Tribune

From the Paperback edition.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679728252
Editor:
Bradley, Phillips
Introduction:
Boorstin, Daniel J.
Introduction:
Boorstin, Daniel J.
Editor:
Bradley, Phillips
Author:
Alexis de Tocqueville With a New Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Author:
de Tocqueville, Alexis
Author:
Tocqueville, Alexis De
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Subject:
History
Subject:
United states
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
Democracy
Subject:
United States - Colonial Period
Subject:
Political Process - General
Subject:
Political Ideologies - Democracy
Subject:
United States Politics and government.
Copyright:
Series:
Democracy in America
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
August 1990
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
8.01x5.20x.99 in. .93 lbs.

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