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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.

Le premier tome de De la d mocratie en Am rique, publi en 1835, est compos de deux parties. La premi re est un expos sur les institutions et les lois aux Etats-Unis: elle a beaucoup vieilli en raison du renforcement du pouvoir f d ral apr s la guerre de S cession et, surtout,... Read Full Overview

Le premier tome de De la d mocratie en Am rique, publi en 1835, est compos de deux parties. La premi re est un expos sur les institutions et les lois aux Etats-Unis: elle a beaucoup vieilli en raison du renforcement du pouvoir f d ral apr s la guerre de S cession et, surtout,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

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 life, politics, and morals... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Democracy in America is arguably the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society. Authored by Alexis de Tocqueville, a French diplomat, political scientist and historian, it is regarded as a classical account of the democratic system... Read Full Overview

Democracy in America. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous seven hundred years.In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system... Read Full Overview

"De la Democratie en Amerique - I" de Alexis de Tocqueville. Penseur politique, historien et ecrivain francais (1805-1859)."