Forfatter fødeår: 1805-1859
Demokrati i Amerika er et idéhistorisk hovedværk, der giver den historiske baggrund for det amerikanske demokrati. Nu genudgives den anmelderroste oversættelse i et tobindsværk... Læs mere
De Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French revolution remains one of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal period.
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.
This translation is considered by many to be the definitive edition of de Tocqueville's classic work. Annotated, and with substantial references, placing the work and its author in... Læs mere
Presents a critique of the ancien regime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledges the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the... Læs mere
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.
In 1831, the authors spent nine months in the US studying American prisons on behalf of the French government. This title presents their... Læs mere
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
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 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