Democracy in America Vol. I

By Alexis de Tocqueville · Running time 17:43:12 · *Non-fiction, History, Philosophy

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When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful observations American society and political system, found in the two volume book he published after his visit, still remain surprisingly relevant today. (Summary by the Bookworm)

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