Democracy in America (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

De Tocqueville, Alexis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061127922 ISBN 13: 9780061127922

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2006

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 ever written, as relevant today as when it first appeared in print nearly two hundred years ago.

This edition, based on the revised and corrected text of the 1961 French edition and meticulously edited by the distinguished de Tocqueville scholar J. P. Mayer, is widely recognized as the preeminent translation.

Review:

"[George Lawrence's] wonderful style has given us a work that will be a standard for many years."--Library Joural

"Among the most remarkable productions of our time."--John Stuart Mill

"De Tocqueville, whose brilliance has always been granted by academics, is now accessible to readers who don't mind brilliance as long as it is readable."--San Francisco Chronicle

From the Back Cover:

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 ever written, as relevant today as when it first appeared in print nearly two hundred years ago. This edition, meticulously edited by the distinguished de Tocqueville scholar J. P. Mayer, is widely recognized as the preeminent translation.