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Olivier Zunz
In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward…
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American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises. How did philanthropy become such a powerful and integral force in American society…
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A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy’s greatest champions
In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America…
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This text offers a systematic social history of a major American city undergoing industrialization. It examines Detroit’s evolution between 1880 and 1920 and discovers the way in which ethnic and…
In this groundbreaking study, Oliver Zunz examines how the growth of corporations changed
Exploring the struggles of the American elites as they tried to maintain a democratic, modern mass society, this text reveals the limits of a system ultimately benefiting an abstract average…
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Souvenirs was his extraordinarily lucid and trenchant analysis of the 1848 revolution in France. Despite its bravura passages and stylistic flourishes, however, it was not intended for…
Alexis de Tocqueville is an ancestor of modern social science and one of the most influential political thinkers of the 19th century. This reader includes his major writing, travel letters…
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Alexis de Tocqueville
Translation of: De la democratie en Amerique.
