Democracy in America: Abridged Edition (Mentor)

Tocqueville's monumental book is as relevant today as when it was first published in the mid-nineteenth century, and it remains the most comprehensive, penetrating, and astute picture of American life, politics, and morals ever written -- whether by an American or, as in this case, a foreign visitor. This special edition contains the entire two volumes of "Democracy in America," based on the second revised and corrected text of the 1961 French edition, meticulously edited by the distinguished Tocqueville scholar J.P. Mayer.de Tocqueville, Alexis is the author of 'Democracy in America: Abridged Edition (Mentor)', published 1956 under ISBN 9780451618887 and ISBN 0451618882.