| Democracy in America (Volumes 1 and 2, Unabridged) Contributor(s): de Tocqueville, Alexis (Author), Tocqueville, Alexis De (Author), Reeve, Henry (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1420929127 ISBN-13: 9781420929126 Publisher: Digireads.com OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: In 1831, the then twenty-seven year old Alexis de Tocqueville, was sent with Gustave de Beaumont to America by the French Government to study and make a report on the American prison system. Over a period of nine months the two traveled all over America making notes not only on the prison systems but on all aspects of American society and government. From these notes Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America," an exhaustive analysis of the successes and failures of the American form of government, a republican representative democracy. Contained here are both of the unabridged volumes of that classic exposition as translated by Henry Reeve. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 342.733 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9" (1.73 lbs) 540 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In 1831, the then twenty-seven year old Alexis de Tocqueville, was sent with Gustave de Beaumont to America by the French Government to study and make a report on the American prison system. Over a period of nine months the two traveled all over America making notes not only on the prison systems but on all aspects of American society and government. From these notes Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America", an exhaustive analysis of the successes and failures of the American form of government, a republican representative democracy. Contained here are both of the unabridged volumes of that classic exposition as translated by Henry Reeve. |