Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859 creator Spencer, John C. (John Canfield) 1788-1855 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "American Institutions and Their Influence" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a political analysis published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840. After visiting America in 1831 under the pretext of studying prisons, Tocqueville examined the democratic revolution transforming Western society. He explores how American government, religion, and culture shaped its egalitarian character, while questioning the costs of restless social mobility. The work critically analyzes early nineteenth-century American society and its lessons for a world moving toward equality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America Release date is 2005-08-01 Text file produced by Lee Dawei, David King, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger Original publication data not identified United States -- Politics and government Democracy JK Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8690 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8690 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133225.0 8690