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On Tocqueville
Alan Ryan
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Description for On Tocqueville
Hardcover. Tocqueville's gifts as an observer and commentator on American life and democracy are brought to vivid life in this splendid volume. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 306.
In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French philosopher who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalogue the unique features of the American social contract. Tocqueville’s prescient analyses of American life remain as relevant today as when they were first written.
In On Tocqueville, Alan Ryan brilliantly illuminates the observations of the French philosopher who first journeyed to the United States in 1831 and went on to catalogue the unique features of the American social contract. Tocqueville’s prescient analyses of American life remain as relevant today as when they were first written.
On Tocqueville features a chronology, biography and excerpts from Tocqueville’s major works.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Liveright Classics
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871407047
SKU
V9780871407047
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About Alan Ryan
Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.
Reviews for On Tocqueville
"Ryan's excellent introduction makes Tocqueville's observations and anxieties vitally relevant for 21st-century readers."