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Democracy in America and Two Essays on America (03 Edition)
Democracy in America and Two Essays on America (03 Edition)
by Alexis De Tocqueville
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In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the life and institutions of the evolving nation. Tocqueville... (read more)

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Democracy in America (Perennial Classics)
Democracy in America (Perennial Classics)
by Alex De Tocqueville
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Chapter OnePhysical Configuration of North America North America divided into two vast regions, one sloping toward the pole, the other toward the equator. Mississippi valley and its geology. The Atlantic coast and the foundation of the English colonies... (read more)

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Democracy in America
Democracy in America
by Alex De Tocqueville
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The complete edition based on the revised and corrected text of the 1961 French edition Originally penned in the mid-eighteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America remains the most penetrating and astute picture of American... (read more)

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Democracy in America, Volume II: The Arthur Goldhammer Translation (Library of America Paperback Classics)
Democracy in America, Volume II: The Arthur Goldhammer Translation (Library of America Paperback Classics)
by Alexis De Tocqueville
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Democracy in America is arguably the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society. The Library of America now presents Arthur Goldhammer's acclaimed translation in a two-volume Paperback Classics edition. Winner... (read more)

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Tocqueville on American Character: Why Tocqueville's Brilliant Exploration of the American Spirit is as Vital and Important Today as It Was Nearly Two
Tocqueville on American Character: Why Tocqueville's Brilliant Exploration of the American Spirit is as Vital and Important Today as It Was Nearly Two
by Michael A Ledeen
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In 1831, Alexis De Tocqueville, a twenty-six-year-old French aristocrat, spent nine months travelling across the United States. From the East Coast to the frontier, from the Canadian border to New Orleans, Tocqueville observed the American people and the... (read more)

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Democracy in America Volume 2
Democracy in America Volume 2
by Alex De Tocqueville
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Volume 2 of the classic commentary on the influence of democracy on the intellect, feelings, and actions of Americans. With an introduction by Phillips Bradley.... (read more)

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Democracy in America: In Two Volumes
Democracy in America: In Two Volumes
by Alexis De Tocqueville
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning... (read more)

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Democracy in America
Democracy in America
by Alex De Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville's influential 19th century political treatise, published by Wordsworth in place of the previously scheduled "Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon.... (read more)

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Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II (Bantam Classic)
Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II (Bantam Classic)
by Alex De Tocqueville
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From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America--first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill... (read more)

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Tocqueville's Discovery of America
Tocqueville's Discovery of America
by Leo Damrosch
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Alexis de Tocqueville is more quoted than read; commentators across the political spectrum invoke him as an oracle who defined America and its democracy for all times. But in fact his masterpiece, Democracy in America, was the product of a young mans... (read more)

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The Chicago Companion to Tocqueville's Democracy in America
The Chicago Companion to Tocqueville's Democracy in America
by James T. Schleifer
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One of the greatest books ever to be written on the United States, Democracy in America continues to find new readers who marvel at the lasting insights Alexis de Tocqueville had into our nation and its political culture. The work is, however, as... (read more)

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Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life
Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life
by Hugh Brogan
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Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political thinkers of all time. Born a French aristocrat, he lost nearly his entire family in the Reign of Terror, and he spent most of his adult life struggling for liberty under the unsuccessful regimes of... (read more)

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Letters from America
Letters from America
by Alexis De Tocqueville
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"Ably translated. . . . Illumines the great work Democracy in America."—Daniel J. Mahoney, The New Criterion 2011 Translation Prize - French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould... (read more)

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Tocqueville on America After 1840: Letters and Other Writings
Tocqueville on America After 1840: Letters and Other Writings
by Aurelian Craiutu
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Alexis de Tocqueville 's Democracy in America has been recognized as an indispensable starting point for understanding American politics. From the publication of the second volume in 1840 until his death in 1859, Tocqueville continued to monitor... (read more)

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Tocqueville in America
Tocqueville in America
by George Wils Pierson
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"Wilson Pierson assembles an extraordinary amount of material about Tocqueville's nine-month tour: letters, newspaper accounts, memoirs. The result is a monumental companion, as illuminating about a classic work of history and sociology as that work is... (read more)

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Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide (Eminent Lives)
Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide (Eminent Lives)
by Joseph Epstein
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Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first foreigners to recognize and trumpet the grandness of the American project. His two-volume classic, Democracy in America, published in 1835, not only offered a vivid account of what was then a new nation but... (read more)

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Democracy in America Volume 1 From 1949 Edition
Democracy in America Volume 1 From 1949 Edition
by Alexis Tocqueville
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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.... (read more)

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Democracy in America
Democracy in America
by Alex De Tocqueville
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In the mid-1800s, a French political scientist named Alexis de Tocqueville came to the United States to appraise the meaning and functioning of democracy. This extraordinary book, written as a result of his visit, contains his comments and criticisms... (read more)

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Democracy in America, Volume I: The Arthur Goldhammer Translation (Library of America Paperback Classics)
Democracy in America, Volume I: The Arthur Goldhammer Translation (Library of America Paperback Classics)
by Alexis De Tocqueville
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Democracy in America is arguably the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society. The Library of America now presents Arthur Goldhammer's acclaimed translation in a two-volume Paperback Classics edition. Winner... (read more)

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Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide (Eminent Lives)
Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide (Eminent Lives)
by Joseph Epstein
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Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first foreigners to recognize and trumpet the grandness of the American project. His two-volume classic, Democracy in America, published in 1835, offered not only a vivid account of the still young nation but famously... (read more)

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