Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America Vol. I

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Alexis De Tocqueville

When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful …

Democracy in America Vol. II

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Alexis De Tocqueville

Democracy in America was published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840. It is a classic work on the United States in th…

The Old Regime and the Revolution

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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville

A calm, philosophical inquiry into the causes of the French Revolution, and the working of the Old Regime. In this work, M. de Tocqueville h…

The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789

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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville

A thorough analysis of the social, religious, and political dynamics of French society which led to the French Revolution.