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Chasing the Red, White, and Blue: A Journey in Tocqueville's Footsteps Through Contemporary America - Softcover

Cohen, David

 
9780312302498: Chasing the Red, White, and Blue: A Journey in Tocqueville's Footsteps Through Contemporary America

Synopsis

Using DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA as his model, acclaimed British and South African journalist David Cohen retraces Alexis de Tocquelville's journey around America to observe how the balance between the rich and the poor has changed over the last 150 years. Travelling from New York to the Ohio River Valley, the deep South, California and finally to Washington DC, Cohen captures an America where inequality is balanced by unquenchable hope

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About the Author

David Cohen has written for the Independent, British GQ, and the Guardian Weekend Magazine, as well as The New York Times. In 1997, Cohen was the recipient of the Harkness Fellowship, which he used to research and writeChasing the Red, White, and Blue. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

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