Alexis De Tocqueville and the Making of the Modern World

by Alan Macfarlane

Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political scientists of all time. His Democracy in America (1835,1840) and Ancien Regime (1856) are classics. Yet his work is not always easy to understand since it needs to be seen as a work which combines his essays, letters, travels and other materials. Through an examination of all of these, we can see that Tocqueville, more than any other thinker, understood the deep roots of individualism, equality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1986028445
• ISBN13: 9781986028448
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"