Democracy in America (2ND ed.) by Alexis De Tocqueville wood flee perfectionism

flee perfectionism

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Mark Kurlansky

Democracy in America (2ND ed.) by Alexis De Tocqueville wood flee perfectionismAlexis de Tocqueville (1805 59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's equality of conditions, its democracy. The book he wrote on his return to France, Democracy in America, is both the best ever written on democracy and the best ever written on America. It remains the most often quoted book about the United States, not only because it has something to interest and please everyone, but