Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform
Michael Drolet
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Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPHV; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Alexis de Tocqueville is best known as the author of Democracy in America and The Ancien Régime and the Revolution . Yet among his contemporaries he was also esteemed for his brilliant investigations on social issues such as prison reform, pauperism and the plight of abandoned children. This study explores the intellectual and social context of these neglected yet startlingly innovative writings and it reveals how they proved central to the composition of those works for which Tocqueville is best known.
Alexis de Tocqueville is best known as the author of Democracy in America and The Ancien Régime and the Revolution . Yet among his contemporaries he was also esteemed for his brilliant investigations on social issues such as prison reform, pauperism and the plight of abandoned children. This study explores the intellectual and social context of these neglected yet startlingly innovative writings and it reveals how they proved central to the composition of those works for which Tocqueville is best known.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349512355
SKU
V9781349512355
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99-15
About Michael Drolet
MICHAEL DROLET lectures in the History of Political Thought at the Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Reviews for Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform
'Drolet has provided an admirably focused account of Tocqueville's central dilemma.' - Ceri Crossley, Modern & Contemporary France