Tocqueville, Alexis de
Summary: Describes the unprecedented "equality of conditions" the author found in the United States during his visit in 1831-32, and provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 TOCTocqueville, Alexis de
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2003
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