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Democracy in America
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 6.95Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America (De la démocratie en Amérique) is a classic text detailing the United States of the 1830s, showing a primarily favorable view by Tocqueville as he compares it to his native France. Considered to be an important account of the U.S. democratic system, it has become a classic work in the fields... more...
Democracy in America
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99Democracy in America is one of the masterpieces by Tocqueville. It presents the authors reflections regarding American peoples outlook on politics. He comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the democratic system that was in some aspects the tyranny of the majority. A thought-provoking book that offers an in-depth... more...
Democracy in America
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99De la democratie en Amerique (published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840) is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville on the United States in the 1830s and its strengths and weaknesses. A literal translation of its title is On Democracy in America, but the usual translation of the title is simply Democracy in America.... more...
American Institutions and Their Influence
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other... more...
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.00The most important contribution to our understanding of the French Revolution was written almost one hundred years ago by Alexis de Tocqueville. more...
Democracy in America
Random House Publishing Group 2004; US$ 7.99From America's call for a free press to its embrace of the capitalist system, Democracy in America --first published in 1835--enlightens, entertains, and endures as a brilliant study of our national government and character. Philosopher John Stuart Mill called it "among the most remarkable productions of our time." Woodrow Wilson wrote that de Tocqueville's... more...
Ancien Regime and the Revolution
Penguin Books Ltd 2008; Not AvailableThe Ancien R?gime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) is an objective observer of both periods - providing a merciless critique of the ancien r?gime , with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledging the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and... more...
Democracy in America
Penguin Group US 2001; US$ 7.95Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. His brilliant discussion of majority rule is still vitally relevant today. more...
Democracy in America
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2000; US$ 9.95This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments--including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful Introduction... more...
Democracy in America
Digireads.com Publishing 2004; US$ 6.99In the mid-1800s, a French political scientist named Alexis de Tocqueville came to the United States to appraise the meaning and functioning of democracy. more...









