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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... Read Full Overview

Le premier tome de De la d?mocratie en Am?rique, publi? en 1835, est compos? de deux parties. La premi?re est un expos? sur les institutions et les lois aux Etats-Unis: elle a beaucoup vieilli en raison du renforcement du pouvoir f?d?ral apr?s la guerre de S?cession et, surtout,... Read Full Overview

Le premier tome de De la d mocratie en Am rique, publi en 1835, est compos de deux parties. La premi re est un expos sur les institutions et les lois aux Etats-Unis: elle a beaucoup vieilli en raison du renforcement du pouvoir f d ral apr s la guerre de S cession et, surtout,... Read Full Overview

Democracy in America. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous seven hundred years.In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system... Read Full Overview

"De la Democratie en Amerique - I" de Alexis de Tocqueville. Penseur politique, historien et ecrivain francais (1805-1859)."

This book, "Democracy in America
Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. Vol. 1", by Alexis de Tocqueville, is a replication of a book originally published before 1835. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original... Read Full Overview

North America divided into two vast regions, one inclining towards the Pole, the other towards the Equator-Valley of the Mississippi-Traces of the Revolutions of the Globe-Shore of the Atlantic Ocean where the English Colonies were founded-Difference in the appearance of North... Read Full Overview