When tocqueville visited america in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. For many, democracy in america is required reading for various courses and curriculums. Bred to the law, he exhibited an early predilection for philosophy and political economy, and at twentytwo was appointed judgeauditor at the tribunal of. Volume one describes and analyzes american conditions and political institutions, while volume two examines the effect of american democracy on what we would call culture literature, economics, the family, religion, etc. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. He is best known for his works democracy in america appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840 and the old regime and the revolution. What struck him most was the countrys equality of conditions, its democracy. Democracy in america is a large book in two volumes published five years apart, in 1835 and 1840. The result was democracy in america, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nations evolving politics. His travels, which took him to the cities of the northeast, to the. Democracy, united states politics and government, united states social conditions publisher new york.
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