TY  - BOOK
AU  - TOCQUEVILLE Alexis de
TI  - Democracy in America
SN  - 1931082545 (hbk.):
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Library Of America
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
N2  - Often described as the most perceptive and influential book about American politics and society. A young aristocratic French lawyer, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote the book following his visit to the United States in 1831-32 and after extensive reading on his return to France. The book was originally published in two volumes (1835 and 1840)
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