Author: George Washington
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Vie, correspondance et écrits de Washington
Author: George Washington
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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A Catalogue of the Washington Collection in the Boston Athenæum
Author: Boston Athenaeum
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Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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A Catalogue of the Entire Library of Andrew Wight, of Philadelphia
Author: Andrew Wight (of Philadelphia)
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Category : Auction catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Category : Auction catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Narrative and Critical History of America
Author: Justin Winsor
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Catalogue of the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
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The North American Review
Author: Jared Sparks
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Tocqueville
Author: Lucien Jaume
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400846722
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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A major intellectual biography of Toqueville that restores democracy in America to its essential context Many American readers like to regard Alexis de Tocqueville as an honorary American and democrat—as the young French aristocrat who came to early America and, enthralled by what he saw, proceeded to write an American book explaining democratic America to itself. Yet, as Lucien Jaume argues in this acclaimed intellectual biography, Democracy in America is best understood as a French book, written primarily for the French, and overwhelmingly concerned with France. "America," Jaume says, "was merely a pretext for studying modern society and the woes of France." For Tocqueville, in short, America was a mirror for France, a way for Tocqueville to write indirectly about his own society, to engage French thinkers and debates, and to come to terms with France's aristocratic legacy. By taking seriously the idea that Tocqueville's French context is essential for understanding Democracy in America, Jaume provides a powerful and surprising new interpretation of Tocqueville's book as well as a fresh intellectual and psychological portrait of the author. Situating Tocqueville in the context of the crisis of authority in postrevolutionary France, Jaume shows that Tocqueville was an ambivalent promoter of democracy, a man who tried to reconcile himself to the coming wave, but who was also nostalgic for the aristocratic world in which he was rooted—and who believed that it would be necessary to preserve aristocratic values in order to protect liberty under democracy. Indeed, Jaume argues that one of Tocqueville's most important and original ideas was to recognize that democracy posed the threat of a new and hidden form of despotism.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400846722
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A major intellectual biography of Toqueville that restores democracy in America to its essential context Many American readers like to regard Alexis de Tocqueville as an honorary American and democrat—as the young French aristocrat who came to early America and, enthralled by what he saw, proceeded to write an American book explaining democratic America to itself. Yet, as Lucien Jaume argues in this acclaimed intellectual biography, Democracy in America is best understood as a French book, written primarily for the French, and overwhelmingly concerned with France. "America," Jaume says, "was merely a pretext for studying modern society and the woes of France." For Tocqueville, in short, America was a mirror for France, a way for Tocqueville to write indirectly about his own society, to engage French thinkers and debates, and to come to terms with France's aristocratic legacy. By taking seriously the idea that Tocqueville's French context is essential for understanding Democracy in America, Jaume provides a powerful and surprising new interpretation of Tocqueville's book as well as a fresh intellectual and psychological portrait of the author. Situating Tocqueville in the context of the crisis of authority in postrevolutionary France, Jaume shows that Tocqueville was an ambivalent promoter of democracy, a man who tried to reconcile himself to the coming wave, but who was also nostalgic for the aristocratic world in which he was rooted—and who believed that it would be necessary to preserve aristocratic values in order to protect liberty under democracy. Indeed, Jaume argues that one of Tocqueville's most important and original ideas was to recognize that democracy posed the threat of a new and hidden form of despotism.
Chambers's New Handy Volume American Encyclopædia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Cusack, M.F. History of Ireland.-Guizot, F.P.G. Popular history of France.-Müller, D. Popular history of Germany.-Beale, J.H. Our great republic
Author: Joseph H. Beale
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Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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