Democracy in America[论美国的民主]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alexis de Tocqueville 著；Isaac Kramnick 编；Gerald Bevan 译
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 2003-07
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140447606
• 定价 99.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 992页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In1831AlexisdeTocqueville,ayoungFrencharistocratandambitiouscivilservant,madeanine-monthjourneythroughoutAmerica.TheresultwasDemocracyinAmerica,amonumentalstudyofthelifeandinstitutionsoftheevolvingnation.TocquevillelookedtotheflourishingdemocraticsysteminAmericaasapossiblemodelforpost-revolutionaryFrance,believingthattheegalitarianidealsitenshrinedreflectedthespiritoftheageandevendivinewill.HisinsightfulworkhasbecomeoneofthemostinfluentialpoliticaltextseverwrittenonAmericaandanindispensableauthorityondemocracy.

ThisneweditionistheonlyonethatcontainsallTocqueville'swritingsonAmerica,includingtherarely-translatedTwoWeeksintheWilderness,anaccountofTocqueville'stravelsinMichiganamongtheIroquois,andExcursiontoLakeOneida.

【作者简介】

AlexisdeTocqueville(1805-1859)wasaFrenchsociologistandhistorian.Hewasactiveinlawandpolitics,servingforatimeasforeignministerandwroteL'AncienRégime,asocialandpoliticalstudyofpre-revolutionaryFrance.

IsaacKramnickisprofessorofgovernmentatCornellandeditedseveralvolumesinthePenguinClassics,includingTheFederalistPapers.AlexisdeTocqueville(1805-1859)wasaFrenchsociologistandhistorian.Hewasactiveinlawandpolitics,servingforatimeasforeignministerandwroteL'AncienRégime,asocialandpoliticalstudyofpre-revolutionaryFrance.

IsaacKramnickisprofessorofgovernmentatCornellandeditedseveralvolumesinthePenguinClassics,includingTheFederalistPapers.

【目录】

Chronology;furtherreading;translator'snotes;democracyinAmerica,notes;"TwoWeeksintheWilderness";"ExcursiontoLakeOneida".