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Democracy in America / : translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop

By:

Tocqueville, Alexis de, (, 1805-1859)

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 2000.Description: xciii, 722 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780226805320

Uniform titles:

De la démocratie en Amérique . English

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DDC classification:

320.473 TOC

LOC classification:

JK216 .T713 2000b

Summary: Political philosophers Mansfield (government, Harvard U.) and Winthrop (constitutional government, Harvard U.) present a new translation only the third since the original two-volume work was published in 1835 and 1840 aiming to restore the nuances of Tocqueville's language. Tocqueville himself was not satisfied with the 19th-century translation; the other, prepared in the late 1960s (Harper & Row), is cited in This translation is based on a recent critical French edition (Editions Gallimard, 1992). Mansfield and Winthrop provide a substantial introduction placing the work and its author in historical and philosophical context, as well as annotations elucidating references that are no longer familiar to readers.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Political philosophers Mansfield (government, Harvard U.) and Winthrop (constitutional government, Harvard U.) present a new translation only the third since the original two-volume work was published in 1835 and 1840 aiming to restore the nuances of Tocqueville's language. Tocqueville himself was not satisfied with the 19th-century translation; the other, prepared in the late 1960s (Harper & Row), is cited in This translation is based on a recent critical French edition (Editions Gallimard, 1992). Mansfield and Winthrop provide a substantial introduction placing the work and its author in historical and philosophical context, as well as annotations elucidating references that are no longer familiar to readers.

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