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Designed for instructors who are eager to teach Tocqueville's classic study of American politics, society, and culture but reluctant to assign all 700 plus pages, Kammen's careful abridgment features the most well-known chapters that by scholarly consensus are most representative of Tocqueville's thinking on a wide variety of issues.

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Author:   Alexis de Tocqueville ,  Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings ,  Michael Kammen ,  Michael Kammen
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
Imprint:   Bedford/Saint Martin's
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 20.70cm
Weight:   0.215kg
ISBN:  

9780312463304

ISBN 10:   0312463308
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   08 August 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I Introduction: Tocqueville's Democracy in America.- Tocqueville's Life and Character.- The Journey in America.- Content and Key Themes of the Work.- How Democracy in America Was Received.- The Relevance and Legacy of Democracy in America.- PART II Author's Introduction.- The Influence of Democracy Upon the Intellectual Development of the United States.- Influence of Democracy on the Opinions of Americans.- Influence of Democracy on Customs as Such.- The Influence of Democratic Ideas and Attitudes on Politics.- APPENDIXES.- A Tocqueville Chronology (1805-1859).- Questions for Consideration.- Selected Bibliography.- The Bedford Series in History and Culture.

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MICHAEL KAMMEN (ed.) is Professor of American Cultural History at Cornell University, USA.

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