Alexis de Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville

Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution

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Alexis de Tocqueville

Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolution

About this book

As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, Alexis de Tocqueville had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time. In 1831 Tocqueville made the famous voyage to the United States which led to his masterpiece, Democracy in America, one of the most vital works in the history of democratic thought. 'One of the delights of this remarkable biography is to let its readers see the past as if it were the present, through the eyes of civilised Frenchmen like Tocqueville... A biography as humane, learned, humorous and perceptive as this extends our knowledge of ourselves and where we came from, as well as painting an incomparable portrait of one of the sharpest and most sympathetic writers of all time' Hilary Spurling, Observer A magisterial book by an eminent scholar of both European and American history, this will stand as the standard biography of Tocqueville for years to come.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Maps
  6. BOOK ONE: YOUNG TOCQUEVILLE
  7. 1. Noblesse
  8. 2. Royalists
  9. 3. A Sentimental Education
  10. 4. First Flight
  11. 5. Pupillage
  12. 6. July
  13. 7. Upheaval
  14. 8. A Voyage Out
  15. 9. A Republic Observed
  16. 10. Writing Prisons
  17. 11. Between Books
  18. 12. Writing America
  19. 13. Fame
  20. 14. Into Politics
  21. 15. Writing Democracy
  22. BOOK TWO: MONSIEUR DE TOCQUEVILLE
  23. 16. Deputy
  24. 17. February
  25. 18. June
  26. 19. Retrospection
  27. 20. December
  28. 21. Writing History
  29. 22. Writing Revolution
  30. 23. Retreating
  31. 24. Cannes
  32. Epilogue
  33. Notes
  34. Bibliography
  35. Acknowledgements