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"[T]he book is engaging and, along with its 50 pages of notes and source material, offers many insights into this important period in the history of economic thought."--J. Halteman, Choice "Swedberg fills his book with intriguing information, observations, and syntheses, some of which range far beyond his stated topic."--Alan Sica, American Journal of Sociology

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE: The Economy of the New World 6 CHAPTER TWO: The Other Democratic Economy 38 CHAPTER THREE: Tocqueville's Background in Economics 73 CHAPTER FOUR: Tocqueville's Approach to Economic Analysis 100 CHAPTER FIVE: Pauperism and the Habits of Property 126 CHAPTER SIX: Politics in a Democratic Economy 146 CHAPTER SEVEN: Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs 173 CHAPTER EIGHT: Threats to the Democratic Economy 199 CHAPTER NINE: Sorrento and the Return to Thinking 219 CHAPTER TEN: The Economy of the Old World 238 EPILOGUE: Thinking with Tocqueville 272 Notes 285 Index 337

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 27/02/2018
      ISBN13: 9780691178011, 978-0691178011
      ISBN10: 0691178011
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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "[T]he book is engaging and, along with its 50 pages of notes and source material, offers many insights into this important period in the history of economic thought."--J. Halteman, Choice "Swedberg fills his book with intriguing information, observations, and syntheses, some of which range far beyond his stated topic."--Alan Sica, American Journal of Sociology

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE: The Economy of the New World 6 CHAPTER TWO: The Other Democratic Economy 38 CHAPTER THREE: Tocqueville's Background in Economics 73 CHAPTER FOUR: Tocqueville's Approach to Economic Analysis 100 CHAPTER FIVE: Pauperism and the Habits of Property 126 CHAPTER SIX: Politics in a Democratic Economy 146 CHAPTER SEVEN: Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs 173 CHAPTER EIGHT: Threats to the Democratic Economy 199 CHAPTER NINE: Sorrento and the Return to Thinking 219 CHAPTER TEN: The Economy of the Old World 238 EPILOGUE: Thinking with Tocqueville 272 Notes 285 Index 337

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