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• Date Posted: 11/04/09

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, edited by J. P. Mayer and Max Lerner, translation by George Lawrence (copyright 1966). This edition (copyright 1991) in two volumes is part of the Books That Changed the World series from Easton Press. These books, which are currently not available from the publisher, are in near mint condition.
Easton Press volumes are among the most beautiful and durable books available today. Each volume is bound in genuine leather with a hubbed spine and accented with 22-karat gold, and printed on acid-neutral paper. The Smyth-sewn pages have gilded edges and are complemented by a sewn-in satin ribbon page marker and end pages of rich moiré fabric.
In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result of his observations and notes was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the life and institutions of the evolving nation. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensible authority on democracy.
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