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1	Democracy in America more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville When it was first published last year, Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop's new translation of "Democracy in America" was lauded in all quarters as the finest and most definitive edition of Tocqueville's classic thus far--complete with the most faithful and readable translation to date, impeccable annotations of unfamiliar references, and a ... see all copies from £1.44! new only from £3.19! \| first editions
2	Old Regime and the French Revolution more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Stuart Gilbert (Translator) Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) is familiar to readers as the author of "Democracy in America," the most-quoted book written about the United States. "The Old Regime and the Revolution" is Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event, ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.61! \| first editions
3	Tocqueville: Democracy in America more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis De Tocqueville, Olivier Zunz (Editor) Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. see all copies from £16.29! new only from £16.29! \| first editions
4	Democracy in America, Vol. 2 more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Phillips Bradley (Editor), LuAnn Walther (Editor) Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. see all copies from £4.09! new only from £8.75! \| first editions
5	Democracy in America: Abridged Edition more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville The Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £51.33!
6	The Tocqueville Reader: A Life in Letters and Politics more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Alan S Kahan (Editor), Olivier Zunz (Editor) Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the most influential political thinkers of the 19th century, and yet this is the first comprehensive collection of his written work. Born to an aristocratic family, he was consumed by the notion of democracy and traveled widely throughout the world, mainly in America, to understand it. He is the celebrated writer ... see all copies from £7.86! new only from £7.86!
7	The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis Chares Henri Clere De Tocqueville see all copies from £8.94! new only from £20.76! \| first editions
8	American Institutions and Their Influence more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville see all copies from £17.18! new only from £17.18!
9	Recollections on the French Revolu more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, J P Mayer (Editor), A P Kerr (Editor) see all copies from £7.52! new only from £14.52!
10	Writings on Empire and Slavery more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Professor Jennifer Pitts (Translator) After completing his research for "Democracy in America", Alexis de Tocqueville turned to the French consolidation of its empire in North Africa, which he believed deserving of similar attention. Tocqueville began studying Algerian history and culture, making two trips to Algeria in 1841 and 1847. He quickly became one of France's foremost experts ... see all copies from £17.15! new only from £21.48!
11	The Old Regime and the Revolution, Volume I: The Complete Text more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Francoise Melonio (Editor), Francois Furet (Editor) The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville's great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event, it remains a relevant and stimulating discussion of the problem of preserving individual and political freedom in the modern world. Alan Kahan's ... see all copies from £13.64! new only from £14.96! \| first editions
12	Selected Letters on Politics and Society more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville Correspondence by the eminent nineteenth-century French historian documents his polical views, his careers as a writer and politician, and his complex personality. see all copies from £5.75! first editions
13 view cover	Memoir on Pauperism more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Seymour Drescher (Translator), Gertrude Himmelfarb (Introduction by) This piece was written in 1835 immediately after Alexis de Tocqueville had completed the first volume of Democracy in America. It was based on his visit to England in 1833, where he found that one-sixth of the population had been reduced to reliance on poor relief at a cost approaching nearly one-fifth of the total national expenditure. Today, 17% ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £6.23! \| first editions
14 view cover	Journeys to England and Ireland more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville see all copies from £17.59! new only from £33.66! \| first editions
15 view cover	On the Penitentiary System in the United States: And Its Application in France more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave De Beaumont, Herman R Lantz (Foreword by) see all copies from £15.94! new only from £23.54! \| first editions
16 view cover	Tocquevilles America: Great Quotations more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Frederick Kershner, Jr. (Editor) This collection of the insights and observations of the young Frenchman's visit to 1851 America continues to be a relevant and thought-provoking examination of the American experiment. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £11.22!
17 view cover	The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Gerald Bevan (Translator), Professor Hugh Brogan (Introduction by) "The Ancien Regime and the Revolution" is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) is an objective observer of both periods - providing a merciless critique of the ancien regime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledging the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and ... see all copies from £5.12! new only from £9.64!
18 view cover	Alexis de Tocqueville's Journey in Ireland, July-August, 1835 more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville see all copies from £5.54!
19 view cover	Memoir on Pauperism: Does Public Charity Produce an Idle and Dependent Class of Society? more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville [L]egal charity has not only taken freedom of movement from the English poor but also from those who are threatened by poverty. -from "Memoir on Pauperism" Inspired by a trip to England at a time when that nation was in the throes of political, social, and economic strife and poverty was rampant, political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville ... see all copies from £5.53! new only from £5.53!
20 view cover	La Democracia En America 2 more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville El viaje de nueve meses a traves de Estados Unidos realizado en 1831 por ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE (1805-1859), en busca de informacion sobre las reformas del sistema penitenciario norteamericano, inspiro una de las mas importantes obras de teoria politica y de interpretacion historica de la epoca contemporanea. see all copies from £13.65! new only from £16.63!
21	A Fortnight in the Wilderness more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville see all copies from £37.41! first editions
22 view cover	Correspondence and Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville V1: With Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859 by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, M C M Simpson (Editor) In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, ... see all copies from £17.36! new only from £17.36!
23	Journey to America more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, A P Kerr (Photographer), Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clere Tocqueville Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) visited the United States in 1831 as an assistant magistrate of the French government. His great work Democracy in America was published in 1835. This volume contains all of the notebooks Tocqueville kept during his American journey. see all copies from £28.41! first editions
24 view cover	The Old Regime and the Revolution: Notes on the French Revolution and Napoleon more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Francois Furet (Editor), Francoise Melonio (Editor) With his monumental work "The Old Regime and the Revolution", Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) - best known for his classic "Democracy in America" - envisioned a multivolume philosophic study of the origins of modern France that would examine the implications of French history on the nature and development of democratic society. Volume 1, which ... see all copies from £25.07! new only from £25.07!
25 view cover	Democracy in America, Part 1 more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis de Tocqueville wrote this classic in French after traveling across America. It is divided into two sections: the first, on government; the second, on the American character. It is considered one of the most perceptive and enduring descriptions of America and Americans ever written. see all copies from £24.88! new only from £115.82!

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