Tocqueville in America by George Wilson Pierson
Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont travelled the breadth of America to inquire into the future of French society as revolutionary upheaval gave way to a representative government similar to America's. This text reconstructs their evolving analysis of American society.
In this impressively researched biographical study, first published in 1938, George Wilson Pierson assembles an extraordinary amount of material about Tocqueville's nine-month tour: letters, newspaper accounts, memoirsThe result is a monumental companion, as illuminating about a classic work of history and sociology as that work is about democracy in America. Washington Post In the opportunity which he offers for such a study of the evolution of one of the world's great books, Professor Pierson has made a historical contribution of altogether exceptional importance. New York Times Book Review
George Wilson Pierson was professor of history and Fellow of Davenport College at Yale University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801855061 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801855063 |
| Title | Tocqueville in America |
| Author | George Wilson Pierson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1998-12-14 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
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