Question: André Jardin (1912 – 1996) was a French biographer and historian, best known for his studies of Alexis de Tocqueville and 19th century French history, translated into English as "Tocqueville: A Biography" in 1988 by Lydia Davis and Robert Hemenway—was acclaimed as the definitive account of the life and career of the author of "Democracy in America"/De La Démocratie en Amérique, is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville, published in how many volumes?

<P0-S0>  Its title translates as On Democracy in America, but English translations are usually simply entitled Democracy in America. <P0-S1>  In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years. <P0-S2> De La Démocratie en Amérique (] ; published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840) is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville. <SEP> <P1-S0> Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, Viscount de Tocqueville ( ; ] ; 29 July 180516 April 1859) was a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian. <P1-S1>  He was best known for his works "Democracy in America" (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and "The Old Regime and the Revolution" (1856). <P1-S2>  In both he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. <P1-S3>  "Democracy in America" was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. <SEP> <P2-S0> André Jardin (1912 – 1996) was a French biographer and historian, best known for his studies of Alexis de Tocqueville and 19th century French history. <P2-S1>  His 1984 biography of Tocqueville, "Alexis de Tocqueville: 1805-1859"—translated into English as "Tocqueville: A Biography" in 1988 by Lydia Davis and Robert Hemenway—was acclaimed as the definitive account of the life and career of the author of "Democracy in America". <SEP> <P3-S0> The Spirit of the Laws (French: "De l'esprit des lois", originally spelled "De l'esprit des loix"; also sometimes translated The Spirit of Laws) is a treatise on political theory, as well as a pioneering work in comparative law, published in 1748 by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. <P3-S1>  Originally published anonymously, partly because Montesquieu's works were subject to censorship, its influence outside France was aided by its rapid translation into other languages. <P3-S2>  In 1750 Thomas Nugent published the first English translation. <P3-S3>  In 1751 the Roman Catholic Church added "De l'esprit des lois" to its "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" ("List of Prohibited Books"). <P3-S4>  Yet Montesquieu's treatise had an enormous influence on the work of many others, most notably: Catherine the Great, who produced "Nakaz" ("Instruction"); the Founding Fathers of the United States Constitution; and Alexis de Tocqueville, who applied Montesquieu's methods to a study of American society, in "Democracy in America". <P3-S5>  Macaulay offers us a hint of Montesquieu's importance when he writes in his 1827 essay entitled "Machiavelli" that "Montesquieu enjoys, perhaps, a wider celebrity than any political writer of modern Europe."