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On TocquevilleAlan Ryan

On Tocqueville

2014259 pages
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"In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French sociologist Alexis de Tocqueville, who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalog the unique features of the American social contract in his two-volume masterpiece, Democracy in America."--book jacket.

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  • Other · English · 2014
    Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company · 259 pages · 9780871407047
Politics and governmentPhilosophyInfluenceDemocracyPolitical and social viewsTocqueville, alexis de, 1805-1859United states, politics and governmentInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)