Democracy in America: Edition: An Enduring Masterwork on American Life, Politics, and Morals - Couverture souple

De Tocqueville, Alexis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060008733 ISBN 13 : 9780060008734

Editeur : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007

Synopsis

The abridged edition of the enduring masterwork—a classic portrait of America's culture and people.

Originally penned in the mid-nineteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America remains the most comprehensive, penetrating, and astute picture of American life, politics, and morals ever written, as relevant today as when it first appeared in print nearly two hundred years ago.

This abridged edition by scholar and historian Scott A. Sandage includes a new introduction and editorial notes, and offers students and the general reader alike easy access to the preeminent translation by George Lawrence, widely recognized as the best translation based on the second revised and corrected text of the 1961 French edition, edited by J. P. Mayer.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was born in Verneuil, France. A historian and political scientist, he came to the United States in 1831 to report on the prison system. His experiences would later become the basis for his classic study Democracy in America.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The abridged edition of the enduring masterwork—a classic portrait of America's culture and people

Originally penned in the mid-nineteenth century by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America remains the most comprehensive, penetrating, and astute picture of American life, politics, and morals ever written, as relevant today as when it first appeared in print nearly two hundred years ago.

This abridged edition by scholar and historian Scott A. Sandage includes a new introduction and editorial notes, and offers students and the general reader alike easy access to the preeminent translation by George Lawrence, widely recognized as the best translation based on the second revised and corrected text of the 1961 French edition, edited by J. P. Mayer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060008733
• ISBN 13: 9780060008734
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 439
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