Earle uses Tocqueville's book published in 1835, Democracy in America, in the honors history course he teaches at KU, History of the United States Through the Civil War. Tocqueville's current popularity is a phenomenon Earle can't fully explain, butas a historian, it makes him uncomfortable, he said.
Politicians love to quote Tocqueville.
For students of history, Tocqueville has always been an important figure. Tocqueville and colleague Gustave de Beaumont traveled for 15 months into 17 of the 24 United States in 1831 and 1832. They went as far west as Green Bay, Wis., and as far south as New Orleans. Oct. 10, Oread This site is maintained by University Relations, the public relations office for the University of Kansas Lawrence campus. Copyright 1997, the University of Kansas Office of University Relations.