{"product_id":"democracy-in-america-and-two-essays-on-america-paperback","title":"Democracy in America and Two Essays on America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGerald Bevan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eIsaac Kramnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing deomcratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society has been quoted by every American president since Eisenhower, and remains a key point of reference for any discussion of the American nation or the democratic system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition is the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, including the rarely-translated \u003ci\u003eTwo Weeks in the Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, an account of Tocqueville's travels in Michigan among the Iroquois, and \u003ci\u003eExcursion to Lake Oneida\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/b\u003e (1805-59), a French sociologist and historian, was active in the law and served for a time as foreign minister. He also wrote\u003ci\u003e L'Ancien Régime\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Bevan\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIssac Kramnick \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Government at Cornell and edited\u003ci\u003e The Federalist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 992\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.81 x 7.58 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376639819954,"sku":"9780140447606","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/370991ccdf4841cd8e9c4f087dcfa3a0.webp?v=1777706523","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/democracy-in-america-and-two-essays-on-america-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}