The primary focus of Democracy in America is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places.

Jan 21, 2006 · This work explores the principles and ideology of democracy in the United States, examining how social equality influences various aspects of American life, from government to …

Apr 1, 2002 · The most faithful and nuanced translation of the definitive work for understanding America Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic …

I confess that in America I saw more than America; I sought the image of democracy itself, with its inclinations, its character, its prejudices, and its passions, in order to learn what we have to …

Nov 9, 2009 · French sociologist and political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) traveled to the United States in 1831 to study its prisons and returned with a wealth of broader …

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Gustave de Beaumont visited the United States. From Tocqueville’s copious notes of what he had seen and heard came the classic text De la …

In Democracy in America he vividly describes the unprecedented “equality of conditions” found in the United States and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era.

How Democracy Renders the Social Intercourse of the Americans Free and Easy. Why the Americans Show so Little Sensitiveness in their own Country and are so Sensitive in Europe.

Alexis de Tocqueville begins Democracy in America by discussing present-day conditions in his own nation, France.

May 5, 2025 · Alexis de Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America' explores the unique aspects of American democracy in the 1830s. Tocqueville identified features of American democracy like …