In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result 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 indispensable authority on democracy.
"Democracy in America es un clásico. El formato de esta edición no es bueno. Dificulta la lectura al no tener una separación clara entre el nombre de los capítulos y la bajada de los mismos. Adicionalmente, las notas se confunden con el texto."