As both a historian and political philosopher, he dissects our government at the federal, state and local level carefully weighing its merits and faults. The result of his effort was a grand tour of the new nation (with particular emphasis on New England) and a two volume work entitled Democracy in America - it remains one of the great political and social critiques of all time.Ĭutting right to heart of the matter, Alexis is a fan of the United States and there is much he feels the world can learn from this young, boisterous, republican democracy recently birthed on the North American continent. Here's the Reader's Digest synopsis: Alexis De Tocqueville was a French researcher sent to the United States in 1831 to study the American prison system, but he would end up using his visit as a pretext, for his real aim was in conducting an in-depth examination of American society as a whole. I took the book in small bites and knocked out a couple chapters a day until the beast was slain. Some passages were stirring and others were a slog. The other day, I finally finished reading Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville.
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