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Democracy in America:

And Two Essays on America
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Penguin Books Limited, Apr 24, 2003 - Political Science - 935 pages

'A new political science is needed for a totally new world’

In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation’s evolving politics and institutions. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even that they were the will of God. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensable authority for anyone interested in the future of democracy. This volume includes the rarely translated Two Weeks in the Wilderness, an evocative account of Tocqueville’s travels in Michigan among the Iroquois and Chippeway, and The Excursion to Lake Onéida.

This is the only edition that contains all Tocqueville’s writings on America, and includes a chronology, further reading and explanatory notes. Gerald Bevan’s translation is accompanied by an introduction by Isaac Kramnick, which discusses Tocqueville’s life and times, and the enduring significance of Democracy in America.

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Clearly the author finds America fascinating and savage. It is fun to see how America was viewed by a Frenchman a hundred years ago. A must read for a history enthusiast. Read full review

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A book I couldn't put down. I read it many years ago but still pick it up every so often just to refresh my memory. Read full review

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About the author (2003)

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was a French sociologist and historian. He was active in law and politics, serving for a time as foreign minister and wrote L'Ancien Régime, a social and political study of pre-revolutionary France.

Isaac Kramnick is professor of government at Cornell and edited several volumes in the Penguin Classics, including The Federalist Papers.

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