Project Gutenberg 2009-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 265 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 quatrième Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_la_d%C3%A9mocratie_en_Am%C3%A9rique 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 quatrième" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a political and sociological study written in the mid-19th century. The work examines the effects of democracy on society, culture, and political institutions, particularly focusing on the United States and drawing comparisons with European societies. Tocqueville explores concepts such as equality of conditions and how they influence social behaviors and moral attitudes among citizens. At the start of the volume, Tocqueville introduces the idea that as social conditions become more equal, people's manners soften simultaneously. He reflects on historical contexts, illustrating the stark differences in social dynamics between aristocratic and democratic societies. Through examples of feudal obligations and interpersonal relationships across class divides, he sets the stage for deeper discussions about compassion, social interactions, and the evolving roles within families and larger social structures under democratic influences. The beginning establishes a foundational understanding of how democracy reshapes individual behaviors and societal norms, providing a lens through which to analyze contemporary and future social developments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.3 (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: History - American Category: History - European Category: Sociology Category: Politics 541463 2025-08-12T12:21:34.626135 text/html 528959 2014-01-23T10:30:52 text/html 272345 2025-08-12T12:21:44.565063 application/epub+zip 278505 2025-08-12T12:21:38.327194 application/epub+zip 257480 2025-08-12T12:21:36.914115 application/epub+zip 562076 2025-08-12T12:21:49.072142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 521771 2025-08-12T12:21:43.519110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475729 2022-09-14T06:42:46.199009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 494067 2025-08-12T12:21:33.667138 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 481126 2014-01-23T10:30:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20519 2025-08-12T12:21:49.206040 application/rdf+xml 17825 2025-08-12T12:21:37.432120 image/jpeg 3804 2025-08-12T12:21:37.170104 image/jpeg 164864 2014-01-23T10:31:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 174611 2014-01-23T10:31:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 258056 2025-08-12T12:21:34.666135 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