Democracy in America (Tocqueville - 2nd ed., trans. Mansfield)

Author: Alexis de Tocqueville

Translator: Harvey C. Mansfield, Delba Winthrop

ISBN: 9780226805368

Binding: paperback

Section: Political-Science

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's equality of conditions, and its democracy. The book he wrote on his return to France, Democracy in America, is both the best ever written on democracy and the best ever written on America. It remains the most often quoted book about the United States, not only to interest and please, but also to teach.