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De la démocratie en Amérique

Première édition historico-critique revue et augmentée

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<i>Democracy in America</i> has had the singular honor of being even to this day the work that political commentators of every stripe refer to when they seek to draw large conclusions about the society of the USA. Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, came to the young nation to investigate the functioning of American democracy &amp; the social, political &amp; economic life of its citizens, publishing his observations in 1835 &amp; 1840. Brilliantly written, vividly illustrated with vignettes &amp; portraits, <i>Democracy in America</i> is far more than a trenchant analysis of one society at a particular point in time. What will most intrigue modern readers is how many of the observations still hold true: on the mixed advantages of a free press, the strained relations among the races &amp; the threats posed to democracies by consumerism &amp; corruption. So uncanny is Tocqueville’s insight &amp; so accurate are his predictions, that it seems as tho he were not merely describing the American identity but actually helping to create it.

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De la démocratie en Amérique, Alexis de Tocqueville, Eduardo Nolla

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1990
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Première édition historico-critique revue et augmentée
Lingua
Francese
Pubblicato
1990
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
217
ISBN10
271161008X
ISBN13
9782711610082
Prima pubblicazione
1835
Titolo originale
De la démocratie en Amérique
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<i>Democracy in America</i> has had the singular honor of being even to this day the work that political commentators of every stripe refer to when they seek to draw large conclusions about the society of the USA. Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, came to the young nation to investigate the functioning of American democracy &amp; the social, political &amp; economic life of its citizens, publishing his observations in 1835 &amp; 1840. Brilliantly written, vividly illustrated with vignettes &amp; portraits, <i>Democracy in America</i> is far more than a trenchant analysis of one society at a particular point in time. What will most intrigue modern readers is how many of the observations still hold true: on the mixed advantages of a free press, the strained relations among the races &amp; the threats posed to democracies by consumerism &amp; corruption. So uncanny is Tocqueville’s insight &amp; so accurate are his predictions, that it seems as tho he were not merely describing the American identity but actually helping to create it.