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Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America
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Category :  Politics
 
Publisher :  Blackstone Audio Inc
Author :  Ralph Raico and Wendy McElroy
Narrator :  Craig Deitschmann with a supporting cast
 
Length :  3 hours (Unabridged)
 
Download Price :  $11.75
 
Format :  Encoded Windows Media
 
© 2006 Blackstone Audio Inc
Knowledge Products is a leading publisher of educational audiobooks. The subject matter is primarily based on the great ideas and events of history.
    
Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, captured the essence of nineteenth-century America in his penetrating work, Democracy in America. The democratic concept of equality was emerging as a political reality in America, and it threatened the aristocracy of Europe; it produced a society of individualists hungry for self improvement. In this classic treatise, Tocqueville weighed the advantages of democracy against its dangers. He asked: Is the tendency toward equality a tendency toward liberty? Can the majority be restrained to protect the freedom of individuals and minorities?
    
In pondering these questions, Tocqueville presented an unsurpassed picture of American government, culture, and attitudes. He proclaimed a new nation with a new theory of human interaction: America, ruled by the will of the majority.
 
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