Forfatter fødeår: 1805-1859
In what remains after more than a century the greatest study of American political life, Tocqueville describes American society and accounts for its nature and its conflicts in an historical analysis of the nation's origins among different parties of European settlers.
An account of the travels and adventures of the two Frenchmen aimed to get down the truth about America, not only to praise the country's strengths but also to critique its shortcomings when these were all too evident to outside eyes.
This book is about helping troubled young people who are searching separately for security, identity, and purpose in their lives
Tocqueville was not only an active participant in the French Revolution of 1848, he was also a deeply perceptive observer with a detached attitude of mind
This extraordinary series of observations on England and Ireland complements de Tocqueville's masterpieces on the United States and France in the mid-nineteenth century