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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393929868
ISBN-139780393929867
eBay Product ID (ePID)60285336
Product Key Features
Number of Pages896 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDemocracy in America
SubjectEuropean / French, Sociology / General, American Government / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, United States / General
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
AuthorHenry Reeves, Isaac Kramnick, Alexis De Tocqueville
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Political Science, Social Science, History
SeriesNorton Critical Editions Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight25.4 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2007-027404
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number0
Dewey Decimal320.973
Edition DescriptionCritical
SynopsisIt is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction addressing Democracy in America 's canonic and iconic place in American life. "Backgrounds" includes seven letters offering Tocqueville's impressions of his nine-and-a-half month journey through the United States. Nine contemporary reviews, both American and European, trace Democracy in America 's varied initial reception. Thirteen "Interpretations" gauge Tocqueville's influence on American political thought and on democracy's legacy. Contributors include David Riesman, Max Lerner, Robert Nisbet, James T. Schleifer, Catherine Zuckert, Sheldon S. Wolin, Edward C. Banfield, Daniel T. Rodgers, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Sean Wilentz, Henry Steele Commager, James T. Kloppenberg, and Tamara M. Teale., It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction addressing Democracy in America's canonic and iconic place in American life. "Backgrounds" includes seven letters offering Tocqueville's impressions of his nine-and-a-half month journey through the United States. Nine contemporary reviews, both American and European, trace Democracy in America's varied initial reception. Thirteen "Interpretations" gauge Tocqueville's influence on American political thought and on democracy's legacy. Contributors include David Riesman, Max Lerner, Robert Nisbet, James T. Schleifer, Catherine Zuckert, Sheldon S. Wolin, Edward C. Banfield, Daniel T. Rodgers, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Sean Wilentz, Henry Steele Commager, James T. Kloppenberg, and Tamara M. Teale., 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., It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction addressing Democracy in America s canonic and iconic place in American life. Backgrounds includes seven letters offering Tocqueville s impressions of his nine-and-a-half month journey through the United States. Nine contemporary reviews, both American and European, trace Democracy in America s varied initial reception. Thirteen Interpretations gauge Tocqueville s influence on American political thought and on democracy s legacy. Contributors include David Riesman, Max Lerner, Robert Nisbet, James T. Schleifer, Catherine Zuckert, Sheldon S. Wolin, Edward C. Banfield, Daniel T. Rodgers, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Sean Wilentz, Henry Steele Commager, James T. Kloppenberg, and Tamara M. Teale."
LC Classification NumberJK216
