Mansfield calls it at once the best book ever written on democracy and the best book ever written on america. Jan 21, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The original was published in two large volumes, the first in 1835, the second in 1840. Democracy in america, tocqueville, mansfield, winthrop. The first volume focused primarily on political society. While tocqueville was ambivalent about the equality of condition that he observed in america, he found that certain aspects of american democracy did work to defend and maintain liberty, and thus could be models for the development of french democracy. This is what makes it even more essential for people in a democracy to participate actively and.
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The primary focus of democracy in america is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the united states when it failed in so many other places. Its title translates as on democracy in america, but english translations are usually simply entitled democracy in america. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in american as a possible model for postrevolutionary france, believing its egalitarian. He was born in paris in 1805 and died in the french city of cannes in april 1859, aged 53. In the introduction to his translation of the book, harvard professor harvey c. A new translation by arthur goldhammer library of america. Tocqueville embarked on his own political career in france but is best known for his contributions to history and political philosophy. Page 129 americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions. This book has 876 pages in the pdf version, and was originally published in 18351840. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in american as a possible model for post.
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