false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209667108m/2578766.jpg 16619 95 In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was <i>Democracy in America</i>, a monumental study of the life and institutions of the evolving nation. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensable authority on democracy. <br><br> This new edition is the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, including the rarely-translated <i>Two Weeks in the Wilderness</i>, an account of Tocqueville's travels in Michigan among the Iroquois, and <i>Excursion to Lake Oneida</i>. 90454 book 1835 Democracy in America total:1676|5:543|4:605|3:410|2:93|1:25| 1676 6576 3022 184 5 4 false false Fri Aug 01 21:51:06 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 14:41:16 -0800 2009 almost not a wimp. Well!

Post from a few weeks ago: I've been wanting to read de Toqueville's, Democracy in America for some time, and I've finally...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 03:50:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 02:45:44 -0700 2008 2
de Tocqueville toured and studied America not long after the French Revolution. He was hoping to glean ideas for his own country. I think what he found couldn't necessarily apply. He says we had no democratic revolution, because w...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 11 15:07:51 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 15:09:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 08:33:10 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 09:23:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Feb 15 12:47:39 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 21:59:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 12:37:25 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 12:47:12 -0800 2007 I read my little copy of this book for a few minutes every other day or so, much like ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 13:58:49 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 05:38:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 03 16:57:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 16:59:08 -0700 2009
... of Sociology.

I had expected that deTocqueville's classic would be a study of political technique, like an expanded version of The Prince or The Art Of War. Instead Democracy in America (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) is an original and powerf...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 09:55:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 10:09:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1967 Thu Jun 05 09:13:16 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 10:05:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 13:36:08 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 13:39:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 15:29:30 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 05:21:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 15:06:13 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 15:15:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 04:14:24 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 04:34:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 08:33:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 21:40:10 -0700 2009
Words of Wisdom: How do you pick!!! "It is not necessary that God himself should speak in order that we may discover the unquestionabl...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:14:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:06:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Apr 08 19:29:21 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 19:29:21 -0700 2009 What Tom McCarthy treasures most about this landmark outsider document of American mores, and what makes it a travel book, are "his impressions of the land itself as something dark, brooding, and inscrutable." Jennifer Egan adds, "His observations still resonate—in part as a measure...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 03 16:42:32 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 25 09:44:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 21:16:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 15:36:45 -0700 2008
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