Democracy in America
of Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick (Introduction), Gerald Bevan (Translation)
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Democracy in America has had the singular honor of being even to this day the work that political commentators of every stripe refer to when they seek to draw large conclusions about the society of the USA. Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, came to the young nation to investigate the functioning of American democracy & the social, political & economic life of its citizens, publishing his observations in 1835 & 1840. Brilliantly written, vividly illustrated with vignettes & portraits, Democracy in America is far more than a trenchant analysis of one society at a particular point in time. What will most intrigue modern readers is how many of the observations still hold true: on the mixed advantages of a free press, the strained relations among the races & the threats posed to democracies by consumerism & corruption. So uncanny is Tocquevilleâs insight & so accurate are his predictions, that it seems as tho he were not merely describing the American identity but actually helping to create it.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 983 pages
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Publication Date April 24th 2003
- First Publication 10/28/35
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140447606
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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