Zunz Olivier - The Man Who Understood Democracy The Life Of Alexis De Tocqueville - Hardcover Social Forecasting Barcode: 9780374533809

Barcode: 9780374533809

Today's conservatives support the idea of limited government but they have increased government's size and power to new heights

In its penultimate chapter the book looks at incidental cultural forms and cultural means to identify formation

521 Photographs And 12 Maps

Zunz Olivier - The Man Who Understood Democracy The Life Of Alexis De Tocqueville - Hardcover Social Forecasting Barcode: 9780374533809Binding: Hardcover Description: A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest champions In 1831, at the age of twenty five Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward the French aristocrat would dedicate his life as a writer and politician to ending despotism in his country and bringing it into a new age.