Tocqueville's Political Economy
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Tocqueville's Political Economy
By (Author) Richard Swedberg
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
8th May 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Central / national / federal government policies
Political economy
Political science and theory
Sociology
330
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
539g
Description
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. In Tocqueville's Political Economy, Richard Swedberg shows that Tocqueville had a highly original and sug
Reviews
"[T]he book is engaging and, along with its 50 pages of notes and source material, offers many insights into this important period in the history of economic thought."--J. Halteman, Choice "Swedberg fills his book with intriguing information, observations, and syntheses, some of which range far beyond his stated topic."--Alan Sica, American Journal of Sociology
Author Bio
Richard Swedberg is professor of sociology at Cornell University. His books include Principles of Economic Sociology; Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology; and Schumpeter: A Biography (all Princeton).
