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Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America — Volume 2

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Democracy in America — Volume 2

by Alexis de Tocqueville

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DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA

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By Alexis De Tocqueville

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Book Two: Influence Of Democracy On Progress Of Opinion in The United States

0:04

De Tocqueville's Preface To The Second Part

4:33

Section I: Influence of Democracy on the Action of Intellect in The United States.

0:05

Chapter I: Philosophical Method Among the Americans

12:11

Chapter II: Of The Principal Source Of Belief Among Democratic Nations

10:24

Chapter III: Why The Americans Display More Readiness And More Taste For General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, The English.

11:34

Chapter IV: Why The Americans Have Never Been So Eager As The French For General Ideas In Political Matters

3:19

Chapter V: Of The Manner In Which Religion In The United States Avails Itself Of Democratic Tendencies

21:11

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

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by David Reed and David Widger

Release date

2006-01-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/816

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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