Tocqueville's America, the great quotations

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Tocqueville's America, the great quotations / edited by Frederick Kershner, Jr, with an introduction and annotations.

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 (Author). Kershner, Frederick. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0821407503
ISBN: 9780821407509
ISBN: 0821407538
ISBN: 9780821407530
Physical Description: xxiv, 93 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©1983.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 1. Democracy in the American economic substructure : The economy: industry, transportation, and communication ; The business dynamic: the principle of self-interest, the work ethic ; Affluence and its effects: the quality of life, materialism ; Future problems: class conflict and other dangers -- 2. Democracy as a political system: American style : The constitution and associated democratic machinery ; Democracy: good and bad aspects, possibility of a tyranny of the majority ; Equality and individualism: do they threaten liberty? ; Centralization in democracy: an irresistible and menacing trend? ; Wars and the military: how they affect democracy uniquely ; Revolution and disunion: can American democracy cope with them? ; American law and lawyers: their special importance to American democracy ; Voluntary associations: the most efficient check to the tendency toward democratic despotism -- 3. American social structure and democratic equalitarian beliefs : A new society: by intent? by ethnic differentiation? ; Family change: creative or disintegrative? ; Morality, customs, leisure: important, or merely quaint? ; Class: why Marxists don't like Tocqueville ; Reform: compared to revolution, as a device for change ; Race: America's greatest future problem -- 4. Early democratic national culture: nature and prospects : Religion and its function in a democratic society ; Informal and formal education ; The arts under American democracy.