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The abridged edition of the enduring masterwork--a classic
portrait of America's culture and people
Originally penned in the mid-nineteenth century by Frenchman
Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America" remains the most
comprehensive, penetrating, and astute picture of American life,
politics, and morals ever written, as relevant today as when it
first appeared in print nearly two hundred years ago.
This abridged edition by scholar and historian Scott A. Sandage
includes a new introduction and editorial notes, and offers
students and the general reader alike easy access to the preeminent
translation by George Lawrence, widely recognized as the best
translation based on the second revised and corrected text of the
1961 French edition, edited by J. P. Mayer.
This extraordinary series of observations on England and Ireland
complements de Tocqueville's masterpieces on the United States and
France in the mid-nineteenth century. These pages are perhaps the
most penetrating writings on the spirit of British politics. In
effect, as indicated by John Stuart Mill, de Tocqueville was the
Montesquieu of the nineteenth century. This is especially the case
if one thinks of the present Irish situation. His political acumen
reached into the future -which is now our present.
Tocqueville was not only an active participant in the French
Revolution of 1848, he was also a deeply perceptive observer with a
detached attitude of mind. He saw the pitfalls of the course his
country was taking more clearly than any of his contemporaries,
including Karl Marx. Recollections was first written for
self-clarification. It is both an exciting, candid,
behind-the-scenes account of what actually happened during those
tumultuous months and a remarkably shrewd analysis that has become
an accurate forecast of future societies wrestling with the dilemma
of synthesizing equality and freedom. Thus the book has a relevance
that extends beyond France, to our own country and others, a
relevance that is explored in J.P. Mayer's new introduction. Out of
print in English for several years, Recollections is presented here
in a translation based on the definitive French edition of 1964. It
captures the wit and subtlety of mind that have made this book one
of the most popular of all Tocqueville's works. Tocqueville's own
comments, which he wrote into the manuscript, including his
variants, are given, and the editors have added explanatory notes.
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what
a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's
equality of conditions, its "democracy," The book he wrote on his
return to France, "Democracy in America," is both the best ever
written on democracy and the best ever written on America. It
remains the most often quoted book about the United States, not
only because it has something to interest and please everyone, but
also because it has something to teach everyone.
Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop's new translation of "Democracy
in America" is only the third since the original two-volume work
was published in 1835 and 1840. It is a spectacular achievement,
capturing the elegance, subtlety, and profundity of Tocqueville's
original. Mansfield and Winthrop have restored the nuances of his
language, with the expressed goal "to convey Tocqueville's thought
as he held it rather than to restate it in comparable terms of
today." The result is a translation with minimal interpretation,
avoiding the problem that Tocqueville himself read in the first
translation of "Democracy in America,"
The strength of the translation is only one reason that Mansfield
and Winthrop's "Democracy in America" will become the authoritative
edition of the text. Also included is a superb and substantial
introduction placing the work and its author in the broader context
of the traditions of political philosophy and statesmanship.
Together in one volume, the new translation, the introduction, and
the translators' annotations of references no longer familiar to us
combine to offer the most readable and faithful version of
Tocqueville's masterpiece.
As we approach the160th anniversary of the publication of
"Democracy in "
"America," Mansfield and Winthrop have provided an additional
reason to celebrate.
Lavishly prepared and produced, this long-awaited new translation
will surely become the authoritative edition of Tocqueville's
profound and prescient masterwork.
This extraordinary series of observations on England and Ireland
complements de Tocqueville's masterpieces on the United States and
France in the mid-nineteenth century. These pages are perhaps the
most penetrating writings on the spirit of British politics. In
effect, as indicated by John Stuart Mill, de Tocqueville was the
Montesquieu of the nineteenth century. This is especially the case
if one thinks of the present Irish situation. His political acumen
reached into the future -which is now our present.
Tocqueville was not only an active participant in the French
Revolution of 1848, he was also a deeply perceptive observer with a
detached attitude of mind. He saw the pitfalls of the course his
country was taking more clearly than any of his contemporaries,
including Karl Marx. Recollections was first written for
self-clarification. It is both an exciting, candid,
behind-the-scenes account of what actually happened during those
tumultuous months and a remarkably shrewd analysis that has become
an accurate forecast of future societies wrestling with the dilemma
of synthesizing equality and freedom. Thus the book has a relevance
that extends beyond France, to our own country and others, a
relevance that is explored in J.P. Mayer's new introduction.
Out of print in English for several years, Recollections is
presented here in a translation based on the definitive French
edition of 1964. It captures the wit and subtlety of mind that have
made this book one of the most popular of all Tocqueville's works.
Tocqueville's own comments, which he wrote into the manuscript,
including his variants, are given, and the editors have added
explanatory notes.
This book provides the first complete, literal English translation
of Alexis de Tocqueville's and Gustave de Beaumont's first edition
of On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its
Application to France. The work contains a critical comparison of
two competing American penitentiary disciplines known as the Auburn
and Philadelphia systems, an evaluation of whether American
penitentiaries can successfully work in France, a detailed
description of Houses of Refuge as the first juvenile detention
centers, and an argument against penal colonization. The work
provides valuable insights into understanding Tocqueville as a
statesman, as well as a comparative look at civic engagement in
early American and French penal reform movements. The Translator's
Introduction provides historical context for understanding
Tocqueville's work in French penal reform and the major themes of
the report. The book thus fills a void in Tocquevillian studies and
extrapolates the roots of American and French criminal justice
systems in the nineteenth century.
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Democracy in America
Alexis De Tocqueville; Edited by Bruce Frohnen
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Classic analysis of America's unique political character, quoted
heavily by politicians and perennially popping up on history
professors' reading lists. The book's enduring appeal lies in the
eloquent, prophetic voice of Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), a
French aristocrat who visited the United States in 1831. A
thoughtful young man in a still-young country, he succeeded in
penning this penetrating study of America's people, culture,
history, geography, politics, legal system, and economy.
Tocqueville asserts, I confess that in America I saw more than
America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its
inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in
order to learn what we have to fear or hope from its progress.
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