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Alexis de Tocqueville
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Tocqueville was active in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830–1848) and then during the Second Republic (1849–1851) which succeeded the February 1848 Revolution. He retired from political life after Louis Napoléon Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup and thereafter began work on ''The Old Regime and the Revolution''. Tocqueville argued the importance of the French Revolution was to continue the process of modernizing and centralizing the French state which had begun under King Louis XIV. He believed the failure of the Revolution came from the inexperience of the deputies who were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals.
Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government and was skeptical of the extremes of majoritarianism. During his time in parliament, he was first a member of the centre-left before moving to the centre-right, and the complex and restless nature of his liberalism has led to contrasting interpretations and admirers across the political spectrum. Provided by Wikipedia
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Democracy in America by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Published: Vintage Books, 1945Description: 2 volumes ; 19 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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The old régime and the French Revolution [1st ed.]. by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Published: Doubleday, 1955Description: xv, 300 pages ; 18 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Recollections [1st ed.] by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Published: Doubleday, 1970Description: xxi, 333 pages ; 22 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Published: Meridian Books, 1959Description: 331 pages ; 20 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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The Old Regime and the Revolution by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
Published: University of Chicago Press, 1998Description: volumes <1 > ; 24 cm.Call Number: Loading…
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Democracy in america Volumes i & ii by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859
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The happy Republic; a reader in Tocqueville's America by Probst, George E.
Published: Harper, 1962Other Authors: “…Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859…”Description: xviii, 617 pages ; 21 cm.
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Joaquin de Alba views violence in America; De Tocqueville's America revisited by De Alba, Joaquin
Published: Acropolis Books, 1969Other Authors: “…Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859…”Description: 108 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 23 cm.
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