Project Gutenberg 2009-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 680 Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805 1859 De Tocqueville, Alexis Toqueville, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel de De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome premier et augmentée d'un Avertissement et d'un Examen comparatif de la Démocratie aux États-Unis et en Suisse Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "De la Démocratie en Amérique, tome premier" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a sociopolitical analysis written in the early 19th century. The work examines the nature and effect of democracy, particularly in the United States, providing insights into the values and social dynamics that characterize democratic societies. Tocqueville's observations offer a comparative perspective on democracy and the implications of its spread, which resonate with both historical and contemporary political discourse. The opening portion of the text introduces Tocqueville's perspective on the inevitability of the rise of democracy, underlining that such a development is both a historical continuous process and a significant transformation with widespread consequences. He reflects on the past, contrasting the existing social structures to a potential future shaped by democratic principles. Highlighting the American experience, Tocqueville asserts that the U.S. serves as a practical example for studying democracy, where he explores the underlying conditions that have allowed democracy to flourish and the challenges it poses in terms of governance and societal values. He also expresses the necessity for a new political science suitable for the modern age, driven by the swift and transformative nature of the social evolution underway. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr United States -- Politics and government United States -- Social conditions Democracy -- United States JK Text FR Politique Category: French Literature Category: History - American Category: Sociology Category: Politics 715988 2025-08-12T12:20:39.499909 text/html 695994 2024-10-24T20:33:21 text/html 321440 2025-08-12T12:20:51.772813 application/epub+zip 330119 2025-08-12T12:20:43.553874 application/epub+zip 308818 2025-08-12T12:20:41.924858 application/epub+zip 654128 2025-08-12T12:20:57.415837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589565 2025-08-12T12:20:50.551829 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449512 2022-09-14T06:41:41.359965 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 626614 2025-08-12T12:20:37.763877 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 606621 2024-10-24T20:33:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18517 2025-08-12T12:20:57.560848 application/rdf+xml 15690 2025-08-12T12:20:42.487904 image/jpeg 3503 2025-08-12T12:20:42.209885 image/jpeg 306079 2025-08-12T12:20:39.550932 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia