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Title: Democracy in America, Volume 1 (Vintage Classics) by ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE ISBN: 0-679-72825-2 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 11 August, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Still the Greatest Foreigner's View of America
Comment: "Democracy in America", published in two parts (the first in 1835, the second in 1840), is the great work of Alexis de Tocqueville, a young, aristocratic Frenchman, who traveled through most of the Eastern, Southern, and Midwestern United States during a 9 month period in 1832. Tocqueville had originally set out to study the U.S. prison system but what he saw inspired him to write about much, much more.
The foresight he had for such a young man is really impressive to read 160 years later. What he saw in the morals, work ethic and government structure of the United States led him to accurately predict many of the ways in which the U.S. would lead and has led the world. At the same time Tocqueville was not oblivious to many of the ills in the America he saw. He very wisely writes of the cancer that the institution of slavery was to not only all black Americans, but to the white, Southern farmers and workers as well.
I hate having to give these books "stars" for ratings because in many cases it takes away from the ultimate importance and classic status of a book like this one. Tocqueville does tend to jump around and venture off into different topics that don't fit with the rest of their chapter, which could be attributed to his youth. Also, a few of his predictions, naturally, were way off. A native Texan, I had a good laugh at his view that "the province of Texas is still part of the Mexican dominions, but it will soon contain no Mexicans." But overall Tocqueville's view of America was honest, accurate, and the perfect explanation of why, on a daily basis, people continue to risk their lives to gain the freedom that only the United States of America offers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely essential for understanding American politics
Comment: This is one of the greatest books ever written on politics! Toqueville analyzes American democracy and its inherent strengths and weaknesses from the view of a foreigner, thus giving the reader a balanced view of the situation. A definite must-read for anyone concerned with politics and American politics in particular.
Rating: 5
Summary: kick ass
Comment: for any gov., hist., econ., soc., anth. student a must read
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Title: Walden and Civil Disobedience (Penguin American Library) by Henry David Thoreau, Michael Meyer ISBN: 0140390448 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1986 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Selected Essays (Penguin Classics) by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Larzer Ziff ISBN: 0140390138 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1982 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Scarlet Letter by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ISBN: 0553210092 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1965 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Three Centuries of American Poetry: 1620-1923 by Allen Mandelbaum, Robert D., Jr. Richardson ISBN: 0553375180 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Selected Speeches and Writings (The Library of America) by Abraham Lincoln ISBN: 0679737316 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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