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La democrazia in America

Questa analisi senza tempo approfondisce la natura e i principi della democrazia americana. L'autore ha osservato da vicino le forze sociali, politiche e culturali che hanno plasmato gli Stati Uniti all'inizio del XIX secolo. L'opera offre profonde intuizioni sia sui punti di forza che sulle potenziali insidie di un governo del popolo. Le sue osservazioni rimangono notevolmente pertinenti per il discorso politico e sociale contemporaneo.

Democracy in America. by Alexis de Tocqueville. Tr. by Henry Reeve, Esq. Ed., with Notes, the Translations Revised and in Great Part Rewritten, and Th
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