{"title":"Alexis de Tocqueville","description":"Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was a French politician and theorist. He wrote Democracy in America after visiting the United States during which he observed various elements of the prison system. 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The primary focus of the book is an analysis of why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places. Tocqueville seeks to apply the functional aspects of democracy in the United States to what he sees as the failings of democracy in his native France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/em\u003e was published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the other in 1840. It was immediately popular in both Europe and the United States, while also having a profound impact on the French population. By the twentieth century, it had become a classic work of political science, social science, and history. 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Together in one volume, the new translation, the introduction, and the translators' annotations of references no longer familiar to us combine to offer the most readable and faithful version of Tocqueville's masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs we approach the 160th anniversary of the publication of \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e, Mansfield and Winthrop have provided an additional reason to celebrate. \u003cbr\u003eLavishly prepared and produced, this long-awaited new translation will surely become the authoritative edition of Tocqueville's profound and prescient masterwork.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378745213151,"sku":"9780226805368","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/keSMgZthpE9780226805368.webp?v=1789261637"},{"product_id":"memoir-on-pauperism-does-public-charity-produce-an-idle-and-dependent-class-of-society-paperback","title":"Memoir on Pauperism: Does Public Charity Produce an Idle and Dependent Class of Society? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e[L]egal charity has not only taken freedom of movement from the English poor but also from those who are threatened by poverty. -from \"Memoir on Pauperism\" Inspired by a trip to England at a time when that nation was in the throes of political, social, and economic strife and poverty was rampant, political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville developed his theories on civil society as it relates to its poorest members and set them down in this 1835 essay. 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