American Institutions and Their Influence
by Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
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"American Institutions and Their Influence" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a political analysis published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840. After visiting America in 1831 under the pretext of studying prisons, Tocqueville examined the democratic revolution transforming Western society. He explores how American government, religion, and culture shaped its egalitarian character, while questioning the costs of restless social mobility. The work critically analyzes early nineteenth-century American society and its lessons for a world moving toward equality.
- United States · Politics and government
- Democracy
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Chapter I: Exterior form of North America
CHAPTER II.
Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and its Importance in Relation to their
future Condition
Reasons of certain Anomalies which the Laws and Customs of the
Anglo-Americans present
CHAPTER III.
Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans
The striking Characteristic of the social Condition of the
Anglo-Americans is its essential Democracy
Political Consequences of the social Condition of the Anglo-Americans
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This free edition of American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8690, released 2005-08-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: History - American, Politics.
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