Chicago Companion to Tocqueville''s Democracy in America

Informationen zum Autor James T. Schleifer is emeritus dean of the library and professor of history at the College of New Rochelle and has been a visiting lecturer at Yale University and the University of Paris. He is the author of the award-winning book The Making of Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"; coeditor of De la Democratie en Amerique! a critical edition in the Pleiade series; and translator of the four-volume historical-critical edition of De la Democratie en Amerique edited by Eduardo Nolla. Klappentext One of the greatest books ever to be written on the United States! "Democracy in America" continues to find new readers who marvel at the lasting insights Alexis de Tocqueville had into our nation and its political culture. This book is written expressly to help general readers and students alike get the most out of this seminal work. Zusammenfassung One of the greatest books ever to be written on the United States! "Democracy in America" continues to find new readers who marvel at the lasting insights Alexis de Tocqueville had into our nation and its political culture. This book is written expressly to help general readers and students alike get the most out of this seminal work.

Product details

• Authors: James T. Schleifer, Schleifer James T.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2012
• EAN: 9780226737034
• ISBN: 978-0-226-73703-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory