Alexis De Tocqueville

Democracy in America. Alexis De Tocqueville

Marc Notes: Facsimile of edition published: New York: George Dearborn & Co., 1838.; Translated from the French.; Includes bibliographical references.; 8; This new translation of 'Democracy in America' provides notes identifying events and allusions, and an introduction placing the work and its author in the broader context of the traditions of political philosophy and statesmanship.. Publisher Marketing: This new translation of 'Democracy in America' provides notes identifying events and allusions, and an introduction placing the work and its author in the broader context of the traditions of political philosophy and statesmanship. Contributor Bio:  Tocqueville, Alexis De Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 - 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both of these works, he analysed the rising living standards and social conditions of individuals and their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America (1835), his major work, published after his travels in the United States, is today considered an early work of sociology and political science.