'''Alexis Clérel de Tocqueville''' (1805-1859) was a [[French]] historian and politician 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.
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'''Alexis Clérel de Tocqueville''' (Paris 1805 - Cannes 1859) was a [[French]] historian and politician 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 de Tocqueville wrote:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-16&view=View</ref>
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-16&view=View</ref>