De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome deuxième by Alexis de Tocqueville
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"De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome deuxième" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a political and social treatise published in 1840. Following his travels through 1830s America, Tocqueville analyzes democracy's influence on society, ideas, and intellectual life. He examines democracy's potential dangers, including the risk of "soft despotism" and tyranny of the majority. The work explores how democratic passions, particularly the desire for equality, might threaten individual liberty and freedom. (This is an
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| Author | Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 |
|---|---|
| Title | De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome deuxième |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_la_d%C3%A9mocratie_en_Am%C3%A9rique |
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Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | JK: Political science: Political inst. and pub. Admin.: United States |
| Subject | United States -- Politics and government |
| Subject | United States -- Social conditions |
| Subject | Democracy -- United States |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 30514 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-30514-1 |
| Release Date | Nov 21, 2009 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 374 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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