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Product Identifiers

PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300108036

ISBN-139780300108033

eBay Product ID (ePID)44414852

Product Key Features

Book TitleAlexis De Tocqueville : Alife

Number of Pages736 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Theory, General

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorHugh Brogan

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight40.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-934482

Dewey Edition22

Reviews" Brogan vividly captures the brilliance and complexity of Alexis de Tocqueville: prophet of modern democracy bound to the old regime by family and feeling; lover of liberty and the rule of law who felt the lure of empire; bold and restless spirit who recoiled from revolution. This is a vibrant and compelling biography." -- Alan Houston, University of California San Diego, "Brogan's expertise pays constant rewards to the reader, his knowledge of 19th-century French politics is comprehensive and his attention to context punctilious. . . . It is a brisk and admirably accessible account of how Tocqueville gave a name to certain misgivings about democracy that are with us still."ï¿½Christopher Caldwell, New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice), " Brogan has written the definitive English language biography of the best known and most perceptive foreign interpreter of the American experience. The work''s major achievement, however, is its lucid presentation of Tocqueville in the French contexts of monarchy and revolution that shaped his perceptions of the emerging democracy across the Atlantic." -- Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, "Brogan vividly captures the brilliance and complexity of Alexis de Tocqueville: prophet of modern democracy bound to the old regime by family and feeling; lover of liberty and the rule of law who felt the lure of empire; bold and restless spirit who recoiled from revolution. This is a vibrant and compelling biography."-Alan Houston, University of California San Diego , "Brogan''s book reads like a novel, weaving aspects of Tocqueville''s private life into a grand narrative about the ideas and actions of Tocqueville."Aurelian Craiutu,American Historical Review, "Brogan's book reads like a novel, weaving aspects of Tocqueville's private life into a grand narrative about the ideas and actions of Tocqueville."-Aurelian Craiutu, American Historical Review, ï¿½Brogan has written the definitive English language biography of the best known and most perceptive foreign interpreter of the American experience. The work's major achievement, however, is its lucid presentation of Tocqueville in the French contexts of monarchy and revolution that shaped his perceptions of the emerging democracy across the Atlantic.ï¿½ï¿½Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, "Brogan's expertise pays constant rewards to the reader, his knowledge of 19th-century French politics is comprehensive and his attention to context punctilious. . . . It is a brisk and admirably accessible account of how Tocqueville gave a name to certain misgivings about democracy that are with us still."-Christopher Caldwell, New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice), "Brogan vividly captures the brilliance and complexity of Alexis de Tocqueville: prophet of modern democracy bound to the old regime by family and feeling; lover of liberty and the rule of law who felt the lure of empire; bold and restless spirit who recoiled from revolution.This is a vibrant and compelling biography."-Alan Houston, University of California San Diego, "Brogan has written the definitive English language biography of the best known and most perceptive foreign interpreter of the American experience. The work''s major achievement, however, is its lucid presentation of Tocqueville in the French contexts of monarchy and revolution that shaped his perceptions of the emerging democracy across the Atlantic."-Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, "This is a magnificent biography. Hugh Brogan's knowledge of the details of Tocqueville's life is extraordinary, as is his erudite account of his family life and of French politics and society in the first half of the nineteenth century. And how splendidly the book is written! Tocqueville's life was marked by a triumph of character; Hugh Brogan's biography is a triumph of history and letters."-John Lukacs, "Brogan vividly captures the brilliance and complexity of Alexis de Tocqueville: prophet of modern democracy bound to the old regime by family and feeling; lover of liberty and the rule of law who felt the lure of empire; bold and restless spirit who recoiled from revolution. This is a vibrant and compelling biography."-Alan Houston, University of California San Diego, "Brogan has written the definitive English language biography of the best known and most perceptive foreign interpreter of the American experience. The work's major achievement, however, is its lucid presentation of Tocqueville in the French contexts of monarchy and revolution that shaped his perceptions of the emerging democracy across the Atlantic."-Dennis Showalter, Colorado College, "Brogan''s expertise pays constant rewards to the reader, his knowledge of 19th-century French politics is comprehensive and his attention to context punctilious. . . . It is a brisk and admirably accessible account of how Tocqueville gave a name to certain misgivings about democracy that are with us still."Christopher Caldwell,New York Times Book Review(Editor''s Choice), "Brogan''s expertise pays constant rewards to the reader, his knowledge of 19th-century French politics is comprehensive and his attention to context punctilious. . . . It is a brisk and admirably accessible account of how Tocqueville gave a name to certain misgivings about democracy that are with us still."-Christopher Caldwell, New York Times Book Review (Editor''s Choice), "This is a magnificent biography. Hugh Brogan's knowledge of the details of Tocqueville's life is extraordinary, as is his erudite account of his family life and of French politics and society in the first half of the nineteenth century. And how splendidly the book is written! Tocqueville's life was marked by a triumph of character; Hugh Brogan's biography is a triumph of history and letters."--John Lukacs, "A monumental life-and-times biography, as rich in detail about post-Revolutionary France as it is about Tocqueville himself."ï¿½Jeff Broadwater, Journal of the Early Republic, "A monumental life-and-times biography, as rich in detail about post-Revolutionary France as it is about Tocqueville himself."-Jeff Broadwater, Journal of the Early Republic, "A monumental life-and-times biography, as rich in detail about post-Revolutionary France as it is about Tocqueville himself."Jeff Broadwater,Journal of the Early Republic, "Brogan's book reads like a novel, weaving aspects of Tocqueville's private life into a grand narrative about the ideas and actions of Tocqueville."ï¿½Aurelian Craiutu, American Historical Review, ï¿½Brogan vividly captures the brilliance and complexity of Alexis de Tocqueville: prophet of modern democracy bound to the old regime by family and feeling; lover of liberty and the rule of law who felt the lure of empire; bold and restless spirit who recoiled from revolution. This is a vibrant and compelling biography.ï¿½ï¿½Alan Houston, University of California San Diego, "Brogan''s book reads like a novel, weaving aspects of Tocqueville''s private life into a grand narrative about the ideas and actions of Tocqueville."-Aurelian Craiutu, American Historical Review

Dewey Decimal944.0072/02

SynopsisAlexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political thinkers of all time. Born a French aristocrat, he lost nearly his entire family in the Reign of Terror, and he spent most of his adult life struggling for liberty under the unsuccessful regimes of nineteenth-century France. At age twenty-five he travelled to Americaand encountered democracy for the first time. This firsthand experience contributed to his incisive writing on liberty and democracy. The" ancien regime" launched the scholarly study of the French Revolution, and "Democracy in America" remains the best book ever written by a European about the United States. This is a brilliant account of his life.", Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political thinkers of all time. Born a French aristocrat, he lost nearly his entire family in the Reign of Terror, and he spent most of his adult life struggling for liberty under the unsuccessful regimes of nineteenth-century France. At age twenty-five he travelled to America and encountered democracy for the first time. This firsthand experience contributed to his incisive writing on liberty and democracy. The" ancien regime" launched the scholarly study of the French Revolution, and "Democracy in America" remains the best book ever written by a European about the United States. This is a brilliant account of his life., Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the greatest political thinkers of all time. Born a French aristocrat, he lost nearly his entire family in the Reign of Terror, and he spent most of his adult life struggling for liberty under the unsuccessful regimes of nineteenth-century France. At age twenty-five he travelled to America and encountered democracy for the first time. This firsthand experience contributed to his incisive writing on liberty and democracy. The ancien rgime launched the scholarly study of the French Revolution, and Democracy in America remains the best book ever written by a European about the United States. This is a brilliant account of his life.

LC Classification NumberJC229.T8B678 2007