Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America (Penguin Classics)
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One of the most influential political texts ever written on America, and an indispensable authority on the nature of democracy In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through eastern America. The result was Democracy in America , a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation&apos;s evolving politics. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing its egalitarian ideals reflected the spirit of the age. This edition, the only one that contains all Tocqueville&apos;s writings on America, includes the rarely translated &apos;Two Weeks in the Wilderness&apos;, an evocative account of Tocqueville&apos;s travels among the Iroquois and Chippeway, and &apos;Excursion to Lake Oneida&apos;. Translated by Gerald Bevan with an Introduction and Notes by Isaac Kramnick


Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (April 24, 2003)
Publication date: April 24, 2003
Language: English
File size: 1706 KB
Text to Speech: Enabled
Screen Reader: Supported
Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
X Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Sticky notes: On Kindle Scribe
Print length: 993 pages