Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America

Alexis Tocqueville

Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
24 April 2003
Pages
992
ISBN
9780140447606

Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America

Alexis Tocqueville

Unique to this edition is a translation of Tocqueville’s other American writings-Two Weeks in the Wilderness and The Excursion to Lake Oneida.

In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA- a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville’s study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society has been quoted by every American president since Eisenhower. It remains a key point of reference for any discussion of the American nation or the democratic system.

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