Democracy in America (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): Volumes I and II
(Paperback, Customer-Specific)
Publishing Details
Democracy in America (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): Volumes I and II
By (Author) Alexis De Tocqueville
Introduction by Eric Plaag
Translated by Henry Reeve
Edited by Francis Bowen
Union Square & Co.
Barnes & Noble Inc
1st December 2003
Customer-Specific
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Political structures: democracy
973
Physical Properties
Paperback
832
Width 140mm, Height 210mm
Description
Written nearly 170 years ago, "Democracy in America" is a masterful display of insight and foresight into all things American. Doubting whether the American experiment in equality could work, Tocqueville conjectured that democracy would erect a society that would succumb to a different type of tyranny than that of a monarchy or aristocracy - that of the majority. Through detailed interviews with "the most informed men" he could meet, he offers an examination of American institutions and the fabric of American life.
