Displaying 1 of 1 2000 Format: Book Author: Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859. Title: Democracy in America / translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop. Publisher, Date: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000. Description: xciii, 722 pages ; 24 cm Summary: Original work was written by Tocqueville, a French citizen who visited America in 1831 and published this account of American democracy in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840. This is the third English-language translation. Subjects: Democracy -- United States. United States -- Politics and government. United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865. Other Author: Mansfield, Harvey C., Jr., 1932- Winthrop, Delba. Other Title: De la démocratie en Amérique. English Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: External Configuration of North America -- On the Point of Departure and Its Importance for the Future of the Anglo-Americans -- Reasons for Some Singularities That the Laws and Customs of the Anglo-Americans Present -- Social State of the Anglo-Americans -- That the Salient Point of the Social State of the Anglo-Americans Is Its Being Essentially Democratic -- Political Consequences of the Social State of the Anglo-Americans -- On the Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America -- Necessity of Studying What Takes Place in the Particular States before Speaking of the Government of the Union -- On the Township System in America -- Size of the Township -- Powers of the Township in New England -- On Township Existence -- On the Spirit of the Township in New England -- On the County in New England -- On Administration in New England -- General Ideas about Administration in the United States -- On the State -- Legislative Power of the State -- On the Executive Power of the State -- On the Political Effects of Administrative Decentralization in the United States -- On Judicial Power in the United States and Its Action on Political Society -- Other Powers Granted to American Judges -- On Political Judgment in the United States -- On the Federal Constitution -- History of the Federal Constitution -- Summary Picture of the Federal Constitution -- Prerogatives of the Federal Government -- Federal Powers -- Legislative Powers -- Another Difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives -- On the Executive Power. Web Site: Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 00008418 ISBN: 9780226805320 9780451531605 0451531604 0226805328 (hardcover) Other Number: 43481685 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 101814 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 321.8 Tocquevi Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
