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In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through eastern America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's evolving politics. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing its egalitarian ideals reflected the spirit of the age-even that they were...
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Penguin
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2003.
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English
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A study of America's government, egalitarian ideals, and character offers reflections on the effect of majority rule on the rights of individuals and gives insight into the rewards and responsibilities of a democratic government.
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