Tocqueville: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Tocqueville: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780195175394

ISBN-10: 0195175395

ISBN-13: 9780195175394

Edition: 2010

Authors: Harvey C. Mansfield

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No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and intense study of documents and authorities, he authored the landmark Democracy in America, publishing its two volumes in 1835 and 1840. Ever since, this book has been the best source for every serious attempt to understand America and democracy itself. Yet Tocqueville himselfremains a mystery behind the elegance of his style. Now one of our leading authorities on Tocqueville explains him in this splendid new entry in Oxford's acclaimed Very Short Introductions series. Harvey Mansfield addresses his…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/13/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 6.88" wide x 4.58" long x 0.34" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English



Preface: A New Kind of Liberal



Tocqueville's Democratic Providence



Tocqueville's Praise of Democracy



Informal Democracy



Democratic Despotism



Rational Administration



Tocqueville's Pride