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Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America — Volume 1

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Democracy in America — Volume 1

by Alexis de Tocqueville

EN·~19 hours·59 chapters

Chapters

59 total

Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq.

3:07

Book One

0:00

Introductory Chapter

33:39

Chapter I: Exterior Form Of North America

0:02

Chapter Summary

21:35

Chapter II: Origin Of The Anglo-Americans—Part I

0:03

Chapter Summary

25:09

Chapter II: Origin Of The Anglo-Americans—Part II

26:54

Chapter Summary

21:48

Chapter IV: The Principle Of The Sovereignty Of The People In America

0:04

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2006-01-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/815

Subjects

United States -- Politics and government United States -- Social conditions Democracy -- United States JK

About the author

Alexis de Tocqueville

1805–1859

A sharp observer of democracy, equality, and everyday civic life, this French thinker turned a journey through the United States into one of the most influential books ever written about modern society. His work still feels fresh because it asks familiar questions: how do free people govern themselves, and what can threaten that freedom from within?

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