Jared Sparks and Alexis de Tocqueville (Classic Reprint)

Jared Sparks and Alexis de Tocqueville (Classic Reprint)

Author: HERBERT B. ADAMS

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780332332093

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Excerpt from Jared Sparks and Alexis De Tocqueville A letter from Tocqueville to Sparks was written on that journey westward which President Gilman has so graphi cally described in his introduction to the Century edition Of Democracy in America, Vol. I, xii: After crossing the Alleghanies, at the beginning Of a severe winter, they pro ceeded by way of Wheeling to Cincinnati. The river was full of ice. The steamer came into great perils. A land ing was made at Westport, Kentucky, and the travelers, find ing no equipage, walked to Louisville, whence they took a stage for Nashville. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Backfired

Backfired

Author: William J. Federer

Publisher: Amerisearch, Inc.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780975345542

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How did America go from Pilgrims seeking freedom to express their Christian beliefs to today's discrimination against those very beliefs in the name of tolerance? Federer investigates.


Democracy in America; Volume 4

Democracy in America; Volume 4

Author: Alexis De Tocqueville

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781021641618

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Democracy in America is a classic work of political science written by the French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville in the early 19th century. It examines the nature of democracy in the United States, its strengths and weaknesses, and its effects on American society and culture. The book is a landmark in the study of democracy and remains a relevant and insightful analysis of American political life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Tocqueville in America

Tocqueville in America

Author: George Wilson Pierson

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 1764

ISBN-13: 9780801855061

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Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont, traveled the breadth of America to inquire into the future of French society as revolutionary upheaval gave way to a representative government similar to America's. This text reconstructs from their diaries and letters and newspaper accounts their nine-month tour and evolving analysis of American society.


Tocqueville on America after 1840

Tocqueville on America after 1840

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-03-30

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 113947829X

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Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America has been recognized as an indispensable starting point for understanding American politics. From the publication of the second volume in 1840 until his death in 1859, Tocqueville continued to monitor political developments in America and committed many of his thoughts to paper in letters to his friends in America. He also made frequent references to America in many articles and speeches. Did Tocqueville change his views on America outlined in the two volumes of Democracy in America published in 1835 and 1840? If so, which of his views changed and why? The texts translated in Tocqueville on America after 1840: Letters and Other Writings answer these questions and offer English-speaking readers the possibility of familiarizing themselves with this unduly neglected part of Tocqueville's work. The book points out a clear shift in emphasis especially after 1852 and documents Tocqueville's growing disenchantment with America, triggered by such issues as political corruption, slavery, expansionism and the encroachment of the economic sphere upon the political.