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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.

In this collection of essays, some of which appear here in English for the first time, F. A. Hayek traces his intellectual roots to the Austrian School. The Fortunes of Liberalism: Essays on Austrian Economics and the Ideal of Freedom also links the Austrian... 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

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

A lucid doorway into the making of modern liberty, Democracy In America, Volume 1 opens a keen window on how citizens shape their own destinies. Alexis de Tocqueville's enduring analysis stands at the crossroads of political science classics and non fiction historical analysis... 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 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

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

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

Book Excerpt: ...inquante en cinquante ann es, au bout de chacune de ces p riodes, vous ne manquerez point d'apercevoir qu'une double r volution s'est op r e dans l' tat de la soci t . Le noble aura baiss dans l' chelle sociale, le roturier s'y sera lev ; l'un descend, l'autre... Read Full Overview