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Alexis de Tocqueville is a widely-shared icon of Franco-American political culture. This study seeks to allow for a clearer understanding of Tocqueville's writings by supplying their missing French context for English-speaking readers.
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Francoise Melonio is Professor of French Literature at the University of Nanterre in Paris and teaches the history of ideas at the Ecole des Hautes en Sciences Sociales. Beth G. Raps is a freelance translator living in Tallahassee, Florida. Seymour Drescher is University Professor of History and Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Tocqueville and the French Translated
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket condition: Very Good. Some minor discoloration along the edge of the jacket. In excellent condition apart from that. With his lifelong examination of the relation between freedom and equality in modern societies, Alexis de Tocqueville is the most widely shared icon of Franco-American political culture. Indeed, his work has enjoyed classical status in America and is frequently cited by scholars, pundits, and politicians, both liberal and conservative. But to cite Tocqueville is not necessarily to understand him. Until now, his American readers have not been in a position to recognize the extent to which, even when his ostensible subject was America, Tocqueville was engaging in hotly contested debates about French society and politics. Francoise Melonio's Tocqueville and the French allows for a clearer understanding of Tocqueville's writings by supplying their missing French context, from the time he wrote Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the French Revolution to the present. The subject of much praise when they first appeared, his books were relegated to obscurity in France from 1880 to 1950. Amid modern developments in the social sciences, he was reduced to an outmoded harbinger of the republican struggle. Today, Tocqueville's status in French intellectual circles has again been transformed. His foretelling of the dangers of nationalism, rampant socialism, and modern individualism has elevated him to the level of prophet. 300 pages. Seller Inventory # WB042356
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. "Tocqueville and the French" by Francoise Melonio. First published in 1993 as "Tocqueville et les Francais" by Aubier (Paris). This copy: First English Edition. University Press of Virginia (Charlottesville and London), 1998. xv, 300 pp. Binding: Hardcover. Dust jacket: Present. Size: 25.0 x 16.5 cm Language: English Condition: Dust jacket: Good - Sunning, rubbing, and general wear present. Slight sunning to reverse side of jacket. Body: Good - Clean and sound. Binding: Very Good - Firm and clean cloth binding. Edges: Very Good - Clean. Pages: Near Fine - Very clean. Text: Near Fine - Very clean. Description: Translated by Beth G. Raps and with a foreword by Seymour Drescher as stated on the title page. Shipping from Tokyo, Japan. International shipping available. Please note: All sales are final, especially for higher-value items. Returns are not accepted unless the item is significantly not as described. Stock availability may change, as our listings are shared with a physical bookstore. Seller Inventory # SFF310