{"product_id":"alexis-de-tocqueville-democracy-in-america-loa-147-isbn-9781931082549","title":"Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America (LOA #147)","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exclusive new translation of the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e“the bible on democracy” (\u003ci\u003eThe Texas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Library of America volume presents de Tocqueville’s masterpiece in an entirely new translation\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ethe first to fully capture his style and provide a rigorous, faithful rendering of his profound ideas and observations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in this landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e, Tocqueville vividly describes the unprecedented social equality he found in America and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era. His book provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the vital role of religion in American life, and the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest. He also probes the deep differences between the free and slave states, writing prophetically of racism, bigotry, and prejudice in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrought to life by Arthur Goldhammer’s clear, fluid, and vigorous translation, this volume of \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e is the first to fully capture Tocqueville’s achievements both as an accomplished literary stylist and as a profound political thinker.\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2004 Translation Prize awarded by the French-American Foundation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This new translation by Goldhammer gets to the heart of Tocqueville’s words.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“It’s hard to think of a work that has so influenced our understanding of the United States as this—still the most authoritative, reflective set of observations about American institutions and the American character ever written . . . this translation by Goldhammer, the dean of American translators from the French, accomplishes what it’s hard to believe possible: it lends to this unalterably grave work some zest. Never slipping into slang, it gives a colloquial cast, fitting for our time, to a work normally rendered only with high solemnity. The Library of America claims that its editions will stay in print forever. This one’s likely to stand that test.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eArthur Goldhammer is the award-winning translator of more than eighty French works in history, literature, art history, classical studies, philosophy, psychology, and social science. Olivier Zunz is Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia, and the author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eWhy the American Century?\u003c\/i\u003e He has also co-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Tocqueville Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell) and is president of the Tocqueville Society.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304841957605,"sku":"NP9781931082549","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781931082549.jpg?v=1767721212","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/alexis-de-tocqueville-democracy-in-america-loa-147-isbn-9781931082549","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}