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The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville

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The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville - Zunz, Olivier
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"In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward, the French aristocrat would dedicate his life as a writer and politician to ending despotism in his country and bringing it into a new age. In this ... biography, leading Tocqueville expert Olivier Zunz tells the story of a radical thinker who, uniquely charged by the events of his time, both in America and France, used the world as a ...

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The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville 2023, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691254142

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The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville 2022, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691173979

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