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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)

Alexis de Tocqueville est un philosophe politique et homme politique français. Né dans une vieille famille de la noblesse de Normandie, il suit des études de droit et devient magistrat en 1827. En 1830, il obtient une mission du ministère pour aller étudier le système pénitentiaire américain, ce qui constitue son passeport pour aller découvrir les États-Unis et comprendre ce qu'il tient pour le meilleur exemple disponible de démocratie.

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Democracy in America was published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840. It is a classic work on the United States in the 1830s and its strengths and weaknesses as seen from a European point of view. It is also regarded as a pioneering work of sociology. (Summary based on Wikipedia)