Democracy in America

Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859 (Author). Mansfield, Harvey C., Jr., 1932- (Added Author). Winthrop, Delba. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0226805328
ISBN: 9780226805320
ISBN: 9780451531605
ISBN: 0451531604
Physical Description: print
xciii, 722 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.