| Description |
724 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Profile Books Ltd."--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [645]-692) and index. |
| Summary |
Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political thinkers of all time. Born a French aristocrat, he lost nearly his entire family in the Reign of Terror, and spent most of his adult life struggling for liberty under the unsuccessful regimes of nineteenth-century France. He was a man of apparent contradictions: an aristocrat who believed in democracy, a conservative with liberal ideals, an agnostic with Christian faith in humanity. At age 25 he traveled to America and encountered democracy for the first time. This firsthand experience contributed to his incisive writing on liberty and democracy.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.
|
|
Historians -- France -- Biography.
|
| ISBN |
0300108036 (cloth : alk. paper) |
|
9780300108033 (cloth : alk. paper) |
|
9780300136258 (pbk.) |
|
0300136250 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2164438 |
|
NLGGC 300141211 |
|
AU@ 000041642612 |
|
NZ1 11402779 |
|
