Democracy in America
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Did you read this book?
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No, but it's on my TO READ list.
It's surprisingly not that hard to read and it's still so relevant today. You could read the abridged version and still get so much from it.
I'm still working my way through it for night-time reading just before bed. It is incredibly relevant for our day, just like Jeane mentioned.
Yes, it's relevant for our days; I also read his "The Old Regime and the French Revolution". I live in Iran and compared it with the situation of my country's 1979 revolution and yet the book had a lot to say.
Jeanne wrote: "It's surprisingly not that hard to read and it's still so relevant today. You could read the abridged version and still get so much from it."I thought his comments on race, and also how the two powers that would come to dominate the world in the coming (20th) century would be the US (freedom) and Russia (servitude) were extremely prescient.
Read it 3x since Middle School (yes, a nerd), and I've gotten great insights and inspiration every time
Karey wrote: "I'm still working my way through it for night-time reading just before bed. It is incredibly relevant for our day, just like Jeane mentioned."It took about six (6) months to read but worth it. It describes quite well our unique, great country.
Andy wrote: "Read it 3x since Middle School (yes, a nerd), and I've gotten great insights and inspiration every time"I can easily see why it needs three reads. It tells us more about our country than most Americans know.
Wonderful book. Read fragments first semester of my freshman year, picked up the whole text at the library and slogged through it in a week. Have re-read sections many a times.
Read it for a cultural diversity class I took.
Mary wrote: "Read it for a cultural diversity class I took."Actually I was wrong. It was in my American Lit class.
