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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... desire to go to America , ostensibly to study prisons , was his concern with broader political issues such as centralization , localism , and , of course , federalism . 959 When Tocqueville , only twenty - five , and Beaumont , only ...
... desire to go to America , ostensibly to study prisons , was his concern with broader political issues such as centralization , localism , and , of course , federalism . 959 When Tocqueville , only twenty - five , and Beaumont , only ...
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... desire for literary and political fame . Determined to make his mark in the world , Tocqueville himself recognized " every day that I have a need to be foremost which will be the cruel torment of my life . " 14 He deserved to succeed ...
... desire for literary and political fame . Determined to make his mark in the world , Tocqueville himself recognized " every day that I have a need to be foremost which will be the cruel torment of my life . " 14 He deserved to succeed ...
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... desire to better one's position in life fuels American restlessness . Since the privileges of birth are absent and careers are open to talent and ambition , Americans " have opened the door to universal competition . " Few in America ...
... desire to better one's position in life fuels American restlessness . Since the privileges of birth are absent and careers are open to talent and ambition , Americans " have opened the door to universal competition . " Few in America ...
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... desire for riches " and that " the love of wealth ... is at the bottom of all that the Americans do . " Their obsession with money and the pleasure of material life explain for Tocqueville the avidity with which Americans rush to the ...
... desire for riches " and that " the love of wealth ... is at the bottom of all that the Americans do . " Their obsession with money and the pleasure of material life explain for Tocqueville the avidity with which Americans rush to the ...
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... desire of Americans for material wellbeing , turning their thoughts " away from the plea- sures of this earth . " Religion curbs excess in general , calming " their restlessness " while teaching self - restraint as well as a love of ...
... desire of Americans for material wellbeing , turning their thoughts " away from the plea- sures of this earth . " Religion curbs excess in general , calming " their restlessness " while teaching self - restraint as well as a love of ...
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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