Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521859557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to Tocqueville's views on American politics from 1840 to 1859, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.
Tocqueville on America After 1840
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521859557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to Tocqueville's views on American politics from 1840 to 1859, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521859557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to Tocqueville's views on American politics from 1840 to 1859, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.
The Chicago Companion to Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Author: James T. Schleifer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226737055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
One of the greatest books ever to be written on the United States, Democracy in America continues to find new readers who marvel at the lasting insights Alexis de Tocqueville had into our nation and its political culture. The work is, however, as challenging as it is important; its arguments can be complex and subtle, and its sheer length can make it difficult for any reader, especially one coming to it for the first time, to grasp Tocqueville’s meaning. The Chicago Companion to Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is the first book written expressly to help general readers and students alike get the most out of this seminal work. Now James T. Schleifer, an expert on Tocqueville, has provided the background and information readers need in order to understand Tocqueville’s masterwork. In clear and engaging prose, Schleifer explains why Democracy in America is so important, how it came to be written, and how different generations of Americans have interpreted it since its publication. He also presents indispensable insight on who Tocqueville was, his trip to America, and what he meant by equality, democracy, and liberty. Drawing upon his intimate knowledge of Tocqueville’s papers and manuscripts, Schleifer reveals how Tocqueville’s ideas took shape and changed even in the course of writing the book. At the same time, Schleifer provides a detailed glossary of key terms and key passages, all accompanied by generous citations to the relevant pages in the University of Chicago Press Mansfield/Winthrop translation. TheChicago Companion will serve generations of readers as an essential guide to both the man and his work.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226737055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
One of the greatest books ever to be written on the United States, Democracy in America continues to find new readers who marvel at the lasting insights Alexis de Tocqueville had into our nation and its political culture. The work is, however, as challenging as it is important; its arguments can be complex and subtle, and its sheer length can make it difficult for any reader, especially one coming to it for the first time, to grasp Tocqueville’s meaning. The Chicago Companion to Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is the first book written expressly to help general readers and students alike get the most out of this seminal work. Now James T. Schleifer, an expert on Tocqueville, has provided the background and information readers need in order to understand Tocqueville’s masterwork. In clear and engaging prose, Schleifer explains why Democracy in America is so important, how it came to be written, and how different generations of Americans have interpreted it since its publication. He also presents indispensable insight on who Tocqueville was, his trip to America, and what he meant by equality, democracy, and liberty. Drawing upon his intimate knowledge of Tocqueville’s papers and manuscripts, Schleifer reveals how Tocqueville’s ideas took shape and changed even in the course of writing the book. At the same time, Schleifer provides a detailed glossary of key terms and key passages, all accompanied by generous citations to the relevant pages in the University of Chicago Press Mansfield/Winthrop translation. TheChicago Companion will serve generations of readers as an essential guide to both the man and his work.
American Institutions and Their Influence
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Democracy in America
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher: Bedford
ISBN: 9780312463304
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designed for instructors who are eager to teach Tocqueville's classic study of American politics, society, and culture but reluctant to assign all 700 plus pages, Kammen's careful abridgment features the most well-known chapters that by scholarly consensus are most representative of Tocqueville's thinking on a wide variety of issues.
Publisher: Bedford
ISBN: 9780312463304
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designed for instructors who are eager to teach Tocqueville's classic study of American politics, society, and culture but reluctant to assign all 700 plus pages, Kammen's careful abridgment features the most well-known chapters that by scholarly consensus are most representative of Tocqueville's thinking on a wide variety of issues.
Why Parties?
Author: John H. Aldrich
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226012751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political parties are in resurgence or decline and undertakes a wholesale reexamination of the foundations of the American party system. Surveying critical episodes in the development of American political parties—from their formation in the 1790s to the Civil War—Aldrich shows how they serve to combat three fundamental problems of democracy: how to regulate the number of people seeking public office, how to mobilize voters, and how to achieve and maintain the majorities needed to accomplish goals once in office. Aldrich brings this innovative account up to the present by looking at the profound changes in the character of political parties since World War II, especially in light of ongoing contemporary transformations, including the rise of the Republican Party in the South, and what those changes accomplish, such as the Obama Health Care plan. Finally, Why Parties? A Second Look offers a fuller consideration of party systems in general, especially the two-party system in the United States, and explains why this system is necessary for effective democracy.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226012751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Since its first appearance fifteen years ago, Why Parties? has become essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the nature of American political parties. In the interim, the party system has undergone some radical changes. In this landmark book, now rewritten for the new millennium, John H. Aldrich goes beyond the clamor of arguments over whether American political parties are in resurgence or decline and undertakes a wholesale reexamination of the foundations of the American party system. Surveying critical episodes in the development of American political parties—from their formation in the 1790s to the Civil War—Aldrich shows how they serve to combat three fundamental problems of democracy: how to regulate the number of people seeking public office, how to mobilize voters, and how to achieve and maintain the majorities needed to accomplish goals once in office. Aldrich brings this innovative account up to the present by looking at the profound changes in the character of political parties since World War II, especially in light of ongoing contemporary transformations, including the rise of the Republican Party in the South, and what those changes accomplish, such as the Obama Health Care plan. Finally, Why Parties? A Second Look offers a fuller consideration of party systems in general, especially the two-party system in the United States, and explains why this system is necessary for effective democracy.
General Index of the Documents and Laws of the State of New-York. [1777-1842]
Author: New York (State). Legislature
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Report of the Annual Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Report of the ... and ... Meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Report ... Of The British Association For The Advancement Of Science
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Report of the Annual Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description