Democracy in Americaby Alexis de Tocqueville | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"U.S. History - Political" |
| Pages: | 736 |
| Year of Publication: | 1848 |
| Date Read: | 09/17/1995 |
| Notes: | “I confess that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress.” ~ Alexis de Tocqueville COMMENTS — Alexis de Tocqueville was an aristocratic Frenchman who came to the U.S. in 1831 — when he was only 25 years old — and later wrote Democracy in America, a two-volume study of the American people and their political institutions. The book deals with issues like religion, the press, money, class structure, racism, the role of government, the judicial system, etc. |
| My Rating: | 8 |