Alexis De Tocqueville

Democracy in America (Deluxe Library Edition) (Annotated)

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Produktbeschreibung

Democracy in America examines the democratic revolution Tocqueville believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years. The primary focus of the book is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places. Tocqueville seeks to apply the functional aspects of democracy in the United States to what he sees as the failings of democracy in his native France. Democracy in America was published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the other in 1840. It was immediately popular in both Europe and the United States, while also having a profound impact on the French population. By the twentieth century, it had become a classic work of political science, social science, and history. It is a commonly assigned reading for students at American universities majoring in the political or social sciences, and part of the introductory political theory syllabus at Cambridge, Oxford, Princeton and other institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Engage Classics
• Seitenzahl: 840
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 1490g
• ISBN-13: 9781774379868
• ISBN-10: 1774379864
• Artikelnr.: 64363689

Autorenporträt

American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville, was originally published in 1835. This edition was translated by Henry Reeve and published in 1851. The work is a socio-political portrait of American and its constitution, perhaps the best known image of the country by a foreigner. It maps with a clear vision, the elementary forces working beneath the surface of history and society, to produce what has been considered by many a stunningly accurate analysis.