Democracy in AmericaLibrary of America, 2004 - 941 páginas Alexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in Democracy in America (1835-40), a landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis. Tocqueville vividly describes the unprecedented social equality he found in America and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era. His book provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest, and the vital role of religion in American life, while prophetically probing the deep differences between the free and slave states. The clear, fluid, and vigorous translation by Arthur Goldhammer is the first to fully capture Tocqueville's achievements both as an accomplished literary stylist and as a profound political thinker. |
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... slavery on the production of wealth . Servi- tude then existed throughout the civilized world ; only among barbarian peoples was it unknown . Accordingly , Christianity destroyed slavery solely by insist- ing on the rights of the slave ...
... slavery on the production of wealth . Servi- tude then existed throughout the civilized world ; only among barbarian peoples was it unknown . Accordingly , Christianity destroyed slavery solely by insist- ing on the rights of the slave ...
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... slavery . All European plants grow in the North of the Union ; the South has special products of its own . Slavery , as has been pointed out , is an expensive way to grow grain . Farmers who grow grain in countries where servi- tude is ...
... slavery . All European plants grow in the North of the Union ; the South has special products of its own . Slavery , as has been pointed out , is an expensive way to grow grain . Farmers who grow grain in countries where servi- tude is ...
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... slavery was a com- mercial and manufacturing question . In the South , it is a ques- tion of life and death . Hence slavery in the North should not be confused with slavery in the South . God forbid that I should try to justify the ...
... slavery was a com- mercial and manufacturing question . In the South , it is a ques- tion of life and death . Hence slavery in the North should not be confused with slavery in the South . God forbid that I should try to justify the ...
Contenido
Introduction | 3 |
The Outward Configuration of North America | 21 |
4 | 31 |
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