Alexis de Tocqueville's Journey to Ireland

Name: Alexis de Tocqueville's Journey to Ireland
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ISBN: 9780813207193

ISBN-10: 0813207193

ISBN-13: 9780813207193

Edition: N/A

Authors: Emmet Larkin

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Alexis de Tocqueville visited Ireland in the company of his good friend Gustave de Beaumont in July and August of 1835. At the time of his visit, Tocqueville had just acquired an international reputation with the publication of the first two volumes of his celebrated Democracy in America. His profound interest in the great transition from aristocracy to democracy then taking place in the western world including Ireland was given special point in his observations. Of equal interest to Tocqueville were the problem of poverty, the pace of religion in civil society, and the intriguing ambivalence of the Irish peasant toward the law. The notes on conversations, letters to family, and vivid…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Publication date: 7/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 157
Size: 4.90" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English