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1 online resource (2 volumes in 1 (clix, 1502 pages)) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Volume I -- Table of Contents, p. ix -- Translator's Note, p. xxi -- Key Terms, p. xxvi -- Foreword, p. xxviii -- Abbreviations and Symbols Used in This Edition, p. xxxix -- Editor's Introduction, p. xlvii -- Foreword to This Edition, p. cli -- Part I. Introduction, p. 3 -- Chapter 1. Exterior Configuration of North America, p. 33 -- Chapter 2. Of the Point of Departure and Its Importance for the Future of the Anglo-Americans, p. 45 |
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Chapter 3. Social State of the Anglo-Americans, p. 74 Chapter 4. Of the Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America, p. 91 -- Chapter 5. Necessity of Studying What Happens in the Individual States before Speaking about the Government of the Union, p. 98 -- Chapter 6. Of the Judicial Power in the United States and Its Action on Political Society, p. 167 -- Chapter 7. Of Political Jurisdiction in the United States, p. 179 -- Chapter 8. Of the Federal Constitution, p. 186 -- Part II |
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Chapter 1. How It Can Be Strictly Said That in the United States It Is the People Who Govern, p. 278 Chapter 2. Of Parties in the United States, p. 279 -- Chapter 3. Of Freedom of the Press in the United States, p. 289 -- Chapter 4. Of Political Association in the United States, p. 302 -- Chapter 5. Of the Government of Democracy in America, p. 313 -- Chapter 6. What Are the Real Advantages That American Society Gains from the Government of Democracy?, p. 375 -- Chapter 7. Of the omnipotence of the Majority in the United States and Its Effects, p. 402 |
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Chapter 8. Of What Tempers Tyranny of the Majority in the United States, p. 427 Chapter 9. Of the Principal Causes That Tend to Maintain the Democratic Republic in the United States, p. 451 -- Chapter 10. Some Considerations on the Present State and Probably Future of the Three Races That Inhabit the Territory of the United States, p. 515 -- Conclusion, p. 649 -- Notes, p. 658 -- Volume II -- Foreword, p. 689 -- Part I. Influence of Democracy on the Intellectual Movement in the United States, p. 696 |
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Chapter 1. Of the Philosophical Method of the Americans, p. 697 Chapter 2. Of the Principal Source of Beliefs among Democratic Peoples, p. 711 -- Chapter 3. Why the Americans Show More Aptitude and Taste for General Ideas Than Their Fathers the English, p. 726 -- Chapter 4. Why the Americans Have Never Been as Passionate as the French about General Ideas in Political Matters, p. 737 -- Chapter 5. How, in the United States, Religion Knows How to make Use of Democratic Instincts, p. 742 -- Chapter 6. Of the Progress of Catholicism in the United States, p. 754 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Democracy -- United States
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Democracy
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140512
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nolla, Eduardo.
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Schleifer, James T., 1942-
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| ISBN |
9781614878834 |
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0865978387 |
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9780865978386 |
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0865978395 |
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9780865978393 |
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1614878838 |
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0865978409 |
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9780865978409 |
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