Democracy in America / De La Democratie En Amerique (Bilingual French-English ed.)

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville andhis friend Gustave de Beaumont visited the United States.

From Tocquevillescopious notes of what he had seen and heard came the classic text De laDmocratie en Amrique, published in two large volumes, the first in 1835,the second in 1840.

The first volume focused primarily on political society;the second, on civil society.The Liberty Fund bilingual Democracyin America includes Eduardo Nollas critical edition of the French textand notes on the left-hand pages and James Schleifers English translation,with notes, on the right.

This is the fullest historical critical edition ofthe Democracy, and the notes offer an extensive selection of earlyoutlines, drafts, manuscript variants, marginalia, unpublished fragments, andother materials.Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859) was a French writer and politician.Eduardo Nolla is a Professor at the Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Madrid.James T.

Schleifer is emeritus Dean of the Library and Professor of History atthe College of New Rochelle and has been a visiting lecturer at YaleUniversity.