Democracy in America - Softcover

Tocqueville, Alexis De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451616200 ISBN 13: 9780451616203

Publisher: New Amer Library, 1956

Synopsis

French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville's classic treatise on the American way of life.

Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Here, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of majority rule--which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of a monarchy. He analyzes the influence of political parties and the press on the government and the effect of equality on the social, political, and economic life of the American people. He also offers some startling predictions about world politics, which history has borne out. So brilliant and penetrating are his comments and criticisms, they have vital meaning today for all who are interested in democracy.

Abridged and with an Introduction by Richard D. Heffner
and an Afterword by Vartan Gregorian

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Review

No better study of a nation s institutions and culture than Tocqueville s Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer. The New York Times
An extremely skillful job which gives us the essence of Tocqueville s great commentary. Richard Hofstadter"

"No better study of a nation's institutions and culture than Tocqueville's Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer."--The New York Times

"An extremely skillful job which gives us the essence of Tocqueville's great commentary."--Richard Hofstadter

Book Description

Edited, with an Introduction, by Thomas Bender

Edition details

• Publisher: New Amer Library
• Publication date: 1956
• ISBN 10: 0451616200
• ISBN 13: 9780451616203
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English