Democracy in America and Two Essays on AmericaPenguin, 01/07/2003 - 992 páginas A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing deomcratic 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 study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society has been quoted by every American president since Eisenhower, and remains a key point of reference for any discussion of the American nation or the democratic system. This new edition is the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, including the rarely-translated Two Weeks in the Wilderness, an account of Tocqueville's travels in Michigan among the Iroquois, and Excursion to Lake Oneida. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... body was actively employed or not , his mind was always at work . . . It never occurred to him to consider an excursion as an amuse- ment , or conversation as relaxation ... For Tocqueville , the most agreeable conversation was that ...
... body was actively employed or not , his mind was always at work . . . It never occurred to him to consider an excursion as an amuse- ment , or conversation as relaxation ... For Tocqueville , the most agreeable conversation was that ...
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... body politic , like the sanctity of property . The only examples of majority tyranny in the American states that Tocqueville cites in the text surprisingly have nothing to do with legislative actions : newspaper editors killed in ...
... body politic , like the sanctity of property . The only examples of majority tyranny in the American states that Tocqueville cites in the text surprisingly have nothing to do with legislative actions : newspaper editors killed in ...
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... body of state officials as opposed to the totality of the citizenry choosing them . Convinced that such indirect elections produce men of elevated thoughts , he recommends its wider use so that legisla- tures will not run the risk of ...
... body of state officials as opposed to the totality of the citizenry choosing them . Convinced that such indirect elections produce men of elevated thoughts , he recommends its wider use so that legisla- tures will not run the risk of ...
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Índice
Democracy in America | 1 |
NOTES | 861 |
Two Essays on America | 873 |
TWO WEEKS IN THE WILDERNESS | 875 |
EXCURSION TO LAKE ONEIDA | 929 |
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Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America Alexis de Tocqueville Pré-visualização indisponível - 2003 |
Democracy in America and Two Essays on America Alexis de Tocqueville Pré-visualização indisponível - 2003 |
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