Democracy in America, Volum 2Vintage Books, 1945 - 518 pàgines The complete edition based on the revised and corrected text of the 1961 French edition Originally penned in the mid-eighteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America remains the most penetrating and astute picture of American life, politics, and morals ever written, as relevant today as when it first appeared in print nearly two hundred years ago. This edition, meticulously edited by the distinguished de Tocqueville scholar J. P. Mayer, is widely recognized as the preeminent translation. |
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INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE ACTION | 3 |
OF THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF BELIEF | 9 |
WHY THE AMERICANS HAVE NEVER | 19 |
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