Alexis Tocqueville: 93 books

In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville's study of the strengths...

Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice,...

The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis de Tocqueville, french political thinker and historian (1805-1859) This ebook presents «The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville», from Alexis de Tocqueville. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter of the following titles: 1. DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA VOLUME ONE - ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE 2. DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA VOLUME TWO - ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE 3. DE TOCQUEVILLE ON DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA VOLUME ONE – JOHN...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter of the following titles: 1. THE OLD REGIME AND THE REVOLUTION - ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE 2. DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: VOLUME ONE IN TWO VOLUMES - ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE 3. DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: VOLUME TWO IN TWO...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 4300 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville • The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis...

Correspondence And Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville Volume II Alexis de Tocqueville, french political thinker and historian (1805-1859) This ebook presents «Correspondence And Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville Volume II», from Alexis de Tocqueville. A dynamic table of...

5 works of Alexis de Tocqueville French political thinker and historian (1805-1859) This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of Alexis de Tocqueville. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - American Institutions and...

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont spent nine months in the U.S. studying American prisons on behalf of the French government. They investigated not just the prison system but indeed every aspect of American public and private life—the political, economic, religious, cultural,...

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter of the following titles: 1. Democracy in America: Volume 1 - Alexis de Tocqueville 2. Democracy in America: Volume 2 - Alexis de Tocqueville 3. Constitution of the United States of America Alexis...

8 Oeuvres de Alexis de Tocqueville Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Alexis de Tocqueville éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres....

Alexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in Democracy in America (1835–40), a landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis. Tocqueville...

This edition features • a linked Table of Contents and linked Footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) PART THE FIRST CHAPTER I Origin and Character of these Recollections—General aspect of the period preceding the Revolution of 1848—Preliminary symptoms of the Revolution CHAPTER II The Banquets—Sense...

Alexis de Tocqueville made his entrance in political life in 1839.[1] At the outbreak of the Revolution of February he was in the prime of his age and in the maturity of his talent. He threw himself into the struggle, resolving to devote himself to the interests of the country and of society, and he...