Individual Choice and the Structures of History
Subtitle: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521024150
Subjects: Historiography; History of ideas, intellectual history; Revolutions; History & Theory - General; France; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Europe - France; History / Historiography; History-Europe - France; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science-History & Theory - General; Tocqueville, Alexis de, --1805-1859--Philosop; Tocqueville, Alexis de,--1805-1859--Philosophy; Biography; Decentralization in government; Historians; Philosophy
First sentence: A Klee painting named "Angelus Novus" shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixedly contemplating.