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Alexis de Tocqueville (view source)
Revision as of 18:43, October 28, 2007
, 18:43, October 28, 2007interesting point about initial reason for study
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[[Image:Alexis de tocqueville.jpg|right|thumb]]
'''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),<ref>http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EHyper/DETOC/toc_indx.html</ref> 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''' (Paris 1805 - Cannes 1859) was a [[French]] historian and politician who published an insightful review of the [[United States]] entitled ''Democracy in America'' (1835),<ref>http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EHyper/DETOC/toc_indx.html</ref> based on a nine month tour of the young country.<ref>Initially de Tocqueville came to America to study her penal (criminal justice) system, but then expanded the scope of his study.</ref> 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>