num_pages: 777
description: Originally penned in the mid-eighteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America remains one of the most penetrating and astute picture of American life, politics, and morals ever written, as relevant today as when it first appeared in print nearly two hundred years ago. This edition, based on the revised and corrected text of the 1961 French edition and meticulously edited by the distinguished de Tocqueville scholar J. P. Mayer, is widely recognized as the preeminent translation.
language: English
title: Democracy in America
titlecomplete: Democracy in America (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
genres: Political Science, American, Politics, Philosophy, American History, Classics, Nonfiction, Sociology, History, France
ratings_count: 25226
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Non-fiction, awardedAt: -4260182400000
name: Prix Montyon
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics