Democracy in America - Paperback - 9781453730508

In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was Democracy in America, 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.

• | Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jul 30, 2010
• | Number of Pages: 208 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1453730508
• | ISBN-13: 9781453730508