Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (LOA #147), 9781931082549
Hardcover
“Democracy in America” is “the” classic analysis of America’s unique political character, quoted heavily by politicians and perennially popping up on history professors’ reading lists. The book’s enduring appeal lies in the prophetic voice of de Tocqueville (1805-1859), a French aristocrat who visit…

Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (LOA #147)

a new translation by arthur goldhammer

$94.17

  • Hardcover

    928 pages

  • Release Date

    8 February 2004

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Summary

An exclusive new translation of the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society-“the bible on democracy” (The Texas Observer)This Library of America volume presentsdeTocqueville’s masterpiece in an entirely new translation-the first to fully capture his style and provide a rigorous, faithful rendering of his profound ideas and observationsAlexisdeTocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentia…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781931082549
ISBN-10:1931082545
Series:Library of America (Hardcover)
Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
Publisher:The Library of America
Imprint:The Library of America
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:928
Release Date:8 February 2004
Weight:621g
Dimensions:206mm x 132mm x 26mm
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Critics Review

Winner of the 2004 Translation Prize awarded by the French-American Foundation “This new translation by Goldhammer gets to the heart of Tocqueville’s words.” —Library Journal “It’s hard to think of a work that has so influenced our understanding of the United States as this—still the most authoritative, reflective set of observations about American institutions and the American character ever written … this translation by Goldhammer, the dean of American translators from the French, accomplishes what it’s hard to believe possible: it lends to this unalterably grave work some zest. Never slipping into slang, it gives a colloquial cast, fitting for our time, to a work normally rendered only with high solemnity. The Library of America claims that its editions will stay in print forever. This one’s likely to stand that test.” —Publishers Weekly

About The Author

Alexis de Tocqueville

Arthur Goldhammer is the award-winning translator of more than eighty French works in history, literature, art history, classical studies, philosophy, psychology, and social science. Olivier Zunz is Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia, and the author of numerous books including Why the American Century? He has also co-edited The Tocqueville Reader (Blackwell) and is president of the Tocqueville Society.

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