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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

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Project Gutenberg eBook
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Democracy in America — Volume 1 eBook
169,603 words, approx. 565 pages
The complete online text of Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville.


Author Biography

Name: Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville
Birth Date: July 29, 1805
Death Date: April 16, 1859
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Place of Death: Cannes, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician, writer

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Biography of Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville
458 words, approx. 1.5 pages
The French statesman and writer Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was the author of "Democracy in America," the first classic commentary on American government written by a foreigner. Alexis de Tocqueville was born in...
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Biography of Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel de Tocqueville
457 words, approx. 1.5 pages
The French statesman and writer Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was the author of Democracy in America, the first classic commentary on American government written by a foreigner. Alexis de Tocqueville was born in Pa...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Democracy in America Information
737 words, approx. 3 pages
De la démocratie en Amérique (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...


News and Journals
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The New York Observer
Loving, Latter-Day Tocqueville Takes Democracy\'d5s Temperature
1/29/2006: 1,129 words, approx. 4 pages
As Bernard-Henri Lévy strolled along the edge of a field in Michigan abutting Highway 94, a police car pulled up. Told by the cop that “it is forbidden to stop on highways, to hang around, to dawdle, to piss,” Mr. Lévy identified himself. The cop...
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The New York Observer
Loving, Latter-Day Tocqueville Takes Democracy's Temperature
1/29/2006: 1,129 words, approx. 4 pages
As Bernard-Henri Lévy strolled along the edge of a field in Michigan abutting Highway 94, a police car pulled up. Told by the cop that “it is forbidden to stop on highways, to hang around, to dawdle, to piss,” Mr. Lévy identified himself. The cop...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by James T. Schleifer
7,673 words, approx. 26 pages
In this essay, Schleifer discusses Tocqueville's attitudes toward religion in America as expressed in Democracy in America.
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
Democracy in America
1,007 words, approx. 3 pages
Discusses the book Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville. Describes how Tocqueville uses logic and past history to analyze the America and it's new form of government, democracy. Examines Tocqueville's uniqe perspective an analysis of America.


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