Tocqueville in America
Etats-Unis (histoire), Aventuriers et explorateurs (biographies), Voyage (récits), Coutumes et cultures, États-Unis (voyage et géographie), Politique et gouvernement
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Résumé
Using diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts, the author reconstructs the nine-month journey throughout America made by Alexis de Tocqueville and his companion Gustave de Beaumont on behalf of the French government in 1831 and 1832. Tocqueville's observations formed the basis… of his classic political treatise, Democracy in America (DB 61828), written in 1835