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Tocqueville : the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution /
"This new translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is unique...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This new translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is uniquely qualified for the task. In his Introduction, Jon Elster draws on his recent work to lay out the structure of Tocqueville's argument. Readers will appreciate The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution for its sense of irony as well as tragedy, for its deep insights into political psychology, and for its impassioned defense of liberty"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 280 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139079341 1139079344 9781139077064 1139077066 9780511977114 0511977115 1283193213 9781283193214 1139062689 9781139062688 9786613193216 6613193216 1139074814 9781139074810 1139081624 9781139081627 1139069047 9781139069045 0521889804 9780521889803 0521718910 9780521718912 |