Alexis De Tocqueville Democracy's Guide

Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Alexis de Tocqueville dissects the legacy of the celebrated cultural observer. Joseph Epstein, distinguished literary historian and author of the bestselling Snobbery: The American Version , provides a fresh account of the celebrated writer's classic travels in America, and compares what de Tocqueville witnessed to the current state of our nation.>

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• Authors: Joseph Epstein
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 03.11.2009
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9780061768880
• ISBN: 978-0-06-176888-0
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions (packing): 13.5 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm
• Series: Eminent Lives
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