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Many American readers like to regard Alexis de Tocqueville as an honorary American and democrat--as the young French aristocrat who came to early America and, enthralled by what he saw, proceeded to write an American book explaining democratic America to itself. Yet, as Lucien Jaume argues in this a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jaume, Lucien
Otros Autores: Goldhammer, Arthur
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859
1800-1899
Historians > France > Biography.
Democracy > Philosophy.
Political science > France > History > 19th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Historians.
Political science.
France.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Many American readers like to regard Alexis de Tocqueville as an honorary American and democrat--as the young French aristocrat who came to early America and, enthralled by what he saw, proceeded to write an American book explaining democratic America to itself. Yet, as Lucien Jaume argues in this acclaimed intellectual biography, Democracy in America is best understood as a French book, written primarily for the French, and overwhelmingly concerned with France. "America, " Jaume says, "was merely a pretext for studying modern society and the woes of France."
Notas:Translation of: Tocqueville : les sources aristocratiques de la liberté biographie intellectuelle. Paris : Fayard, c2008.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400846726
1400846722

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