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Alexis de Tocqueville

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alexis de Tocqueville , 1805-59, French politician and writer. He was prominent in politics, particularly just before and just after the Revolution of 1848 (see revolutions of 1848 ), and was minister of foreign affairs briefly in 1849. His observations made in 1831 during a government mission to the United States to study the penal system resulted in De la démocratie en Amérique (2 vol., 1835; tr. Democracy in America, 4 vol., 1835-40), one of the classics of political literature. A liberal whose deepest commitment was to human freedom, Tocqueville believed that political... Read more
Tocqueville, Alexis
Tocqueville, Alexis, Comte de (1805–59), French liberal politician and writer, at the request of his government came to the U.S. (May 1831...impartial, the study has taken its place as the earliest important analysis of its subject. In his survey of American literature, Tocqueville finds a ... Read more
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805–59) An early French sociologist who travelled to the United States between 1831 and 1832 to observe democracy at...decentralized mode of government to which people had ready access, and in which they could participate. In both cases, however, Tocqueville warned against ... Read more

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