Textbook Discounter: Social Sciences: Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)

Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)
	Author: Alexis De Tocqueville Creators: Isaac Kramnick, Gerald Bevan Publisher: Penguin Classics Category: Book List Price: ~~$12.00~~ Buy New: $5.83 You Save: $6.17 (51%) New (55) Used (43) Collectible (2) from $5.83 Rating: 14 reviews Sales Rank: 4129 Media: Paperback Pages: 992 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.7 ISBN: 0140447601 Dewey Decimal Number: 320.973 EAN: 9780140447606 ASIN: 0140447601 Publication Date: July 1, 2003 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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. 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.