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This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments—including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful Introduction offer aids to the understanding of a masterpiece of nineteenth-century social thought that continues in our own day to illuminate debates about the roles of liberty and equality in American life.

Democracy in America

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Paperback / softback by Alexis de Tocqueville , Sanford Kessler

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This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores... Read more

    Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
    Publication Date: 01/06/2000
    ISBN13: 9780872204942, 978-0872204942
    ISBN10: 872204944

    Number of Pages: 368

    Non Fiction , History

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    This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments—including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful Introduction offer aids to the understanding of a masterpiece of nineteenth-century social thought that continues in our own day to illuminate debates about the roles of liberty and equality in American life.

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