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Title:
Democracy in America
Genre:
History
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Subgenre:
American History
Series:
JK
Binding:
Audiobook
Narrative:
First Person
Type of Book:
Non-Fiction
Number of Pages:
317
Number of Chapters:
57
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:21:32
Synopsis:
Democracy in America has had the singular honor of being even to this day the work that political commentators of every stripe refer to when they seek to draw large conclusions about the society of the USA. Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, came to the young nation to investigate the functioning of American democracy & the social, political & economic life of its citizens, publishing his observations in 1835 & 1840. Brilliantly written, vividly illustrated with vignettes & portraits, Democracy in America is far more than a trenchant analysis of one society at a particular point in time. What will most intrigue modern readers is how many of the observations still hold true: on the mixed advantages of a free press, the strained relations among the races & the threats posed to democracies by consumerism & corruption. So uncanny is Tocqueville’s insight & so accurate are his predictions, that it seems as tho he were not merely describing the American identity but actually helping to create it.
Author:
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Publisher:
Signet Classic
Barcode:
9780451528124
Country:
United States
Place of Printing:
Printed in the United States of America
Publication Date:
2001-09-01
Number of Copies:
1
Editor:
Richard D. Heffner
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Language:
English
Publisher Location:
New York, New York
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$6.40
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-07-05
Date Added:
2018-06-26 18:21:32
