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Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (French pronunciation: <alɛksi or alɛksis də tɔkvil>; 29 July 1805, Paris – 16 April 1859, Cannes) was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes: 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in western societies. Democracy in America (1835), his major work, published after his travels in the United States, is today considered an early work of sociology and political science.
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(1997)
MEMOIR ON PAUPERISM: Does Public Charity Produce an Idle and Dependent Class of Society?
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(1983)
Tocquevilles America: Great Quotations
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(1840)
Democracy in America
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(1840)
Democracy in America, Volume 2
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On the Penitentiary System in the United States, and Its Application to France : With an Appendix on Penal Colonies : Also Statistical Notes
