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  • Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist by Jon Elster
    Description : The book proposes a new interpretation of Alexis de Tocqueville that views him first and foremost as a social scientist rather than as a political theorist. Drawing on his earlier work on the explanation of social behavior, Elster argues that Tocqueville's main claim to our attention today rests on ...more..
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  • The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis de Tocqueville
    Description : This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery....more..
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America: A New Translation by Arthur Goldhammer (Library of America) by Alexis de Tocqueville
    Description : Democracy in America (1835–40) is arguably the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society. This volume presents Alexis de Tocqueville’s masterpiece in an entirely new translation, the first to capture fully the precision and grace of his sty...more..
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  • Alexis De Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide (Eminent Lives) by Joseph Epstein
    Description : Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first foreigners to recognize and trumpet the grandness of the American project. His two-volume classic, Democracy in America, published in 1835, offered not only a vivid account of the still young nation but famously predicted what the nation would beco...more..
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  • The Abolitionist Imagination (The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics) by Andrew Delbanco
    Description : The abolitionists of the mid-nineteenth century have long been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the catastrophic bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring and courageous reformers who hastened the end of slavery. But Andrew Delbanco sees abolitionists in a ...more..
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville and the Art of Democratic Statesmanship by
    Description : In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville famously called for 'a new political science' that could address the problems and possibilities of a 'world itself quite new.' For Tocqueville, the democratic world needed not just a new political science but also new arts of statesmanship and leadership. In this volum...more..
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  • Oeuvres de Alexis de Tocqueville (French Edition) by Alexis De Tocqueville
    Description : 8 Oeuvres de Alexis de TocquevilleCe livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Alexis de Tocqueville éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres.Liste des oeuvres:- ...more..
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  • Christianity and American Democracy (Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics) by Hugh Heclo
    Description : Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. With this bold thesis, Hugh Heclo offers a panoramic view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other. Heclo shows that amid deeply felt religious differences, a Protestant colonial societ...more..
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life by Professor Hugh Brogan
    Description : Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political thinkers of all time. Born a French aristocrat, he lost nearly his entire family in the Reign of Terror, and he spent most of his adult life struggling for liberty under the unsuccessful regimes of nineteenth-century France. ...more..
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