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[[Image:Alexis de tocqueville.jpg|right|thumb]]
'''Alexis Clérel de Tocqueville''' (1805-1859) was a French historian who published an insightful review of the United States entitled ''Democracy in America'' (1835), based on a nine month tour of the young country. It remains the most comprehensive treatise of American society to this day.
'''Alexis Clérel de Tocqueville''' (1805-1859) was a French historian who published an insightful review of the United States entitled ''Democracy in America'' (1835), based on a nine month tour of the young country. It remains the most comprehensive treatise of American society to this day.