De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome quatrième by Alexis de Tocqueville
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"De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome quatrième" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a political and social treatise published in 1840. Following a ten-month journey through the United States in 1831, Tocqueville analyzes American democracy and its influence on society, ideas, and intellectual life. He explores the dangers inherent in democratic systems, including the tyranny of the majority and what he calls "soft despotism," while speculating on democracy's future and its potential threats
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| Author | Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 |
|---|---|
| Title | De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome quatrième |
| 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: 60.3 (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. | 30516 |
| Release Date | Nov 21, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 23, 2014 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 417 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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