American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville
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"American Institutions and Their Influence" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a political analysis published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840. After visiting America in 1831 under the pretext of studying prisons, Tocqueville examined the democratic revolution transforming Western society. He explores how American government, religion, and culture shaped its egalitarian character, while questioning the costs of restless social mobility. The work critically analyzes early nineteenth-century American society and its lessons for
a world moving toward equality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Spencer, John C. (John Canfield), 1788-1855 |
| Title | American Institutions and Their Influence |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America |
| Credits |
Text file produced by Lee Dawei, David King, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | JK: Political science: Political inst. and pub. Admin.: United States |
| Subject | United States -- Politics and government |
| Subject | Democracy |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 8690 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jun 1, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 912 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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