Alexis de Tocqueville, who later became French foreign minister, traveled through America at a time of profound political and social upheaval. Based on his impressions, the ...

Alexis de Tocqueville, who later became French foreign minister, traveled through America at a time of profound political and social upheaval. Based on his impressions, the ...

The primary focus of Democracy in America is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places ...

The primary focus of Democracy in America is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places ...

"The only contemporaneous translation of Toqueville's work into English... [Tocqueville's] two-volume work (published in 1835 and 1840) became the best description ever written ...