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A new translation by arthur goldhammer library of america. This dvd is designed to play on a computer with mp3s on it. Published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840 respectively, the french political thinker tocqueville wrote about america as a social scientist after his travels there, providing a wealth of observations and opinions which still hold. As is often found in democracy in america, the framework of this chapter features a contrast between aristocracy and d. The library of america now presents arthur goldhammers acclaimed translation in a twovolume paperback classics edition. It was received at once by the scholars and thinkers of europe as a profound, impartial, and entertaining exposition of the principles of popular, representative selfgovernment. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in america as a possible model for postrevolutionary france, believing its egalitarian ideals reflected the spirit of the ageeven that they were the will of god. The result was democracy in america, a monumental study. When tocqueville visited america in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. This enduring classic explores the civil institutions and.
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