Alexis de Tocqueville

29 Jul 1805 – 16 Abr 1859

89 works on record

Biography

Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), colloquially known as Tocqueville, was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist and historian. He is best known for his works *Democracy in America* (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and *The Old Regime and the Revolution* (1856). In both, he analysed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. Tocqueville was active in French politics, first under the July Monarchy (1830–1848) and then during the Second Republic (1849–1851) which succeeded the February 1848 Revolution. He retired from political life after Louis Napoléon Bonaparte's 2 December 1851 coup and thereafter began work on *The Old Regime and the Revolution*. Tocqueville argued the importance of the French Revolution was to continue the process of modernizing and centralizing the French state which had begun under King Louis XIV. The failure of the Revolution came from the inexperience of the deputies who were too wedded to abstract Enlightenment ideals. Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government and was skeptical of the extremes of democracy. During his time in parliament, he sat on the centre-left, but the complex and restless nature of his liberalism has led to contrasting interpretations and admirers across the political spectrum. Regarding his political position, Tocqueville wrote "the word 'left' is... the word I wanted to attach to my name so that it would remain attached to it forever." **Source**: [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville) on Wikipedia.

Works

Correspondence and Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville

2007

Memoir, Letters And Remains Of Alexis De Tocqueville V2

2007

De la démocratie en Amérique

2006

Old Regime and the French Revolution

1856

Ancien Régime

1856

Lettres choisies, souvenirs, 1814-1859

Correspondance d'Alexis de Tocqueville et de Francisque de Corcelle

Letters from America

American heritage

Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America

Inéditos sobre la Revolución

Kleine Politische Schriften

Seven Letters Concerning the Politics of Switzerland, Pending the Outbreak of the Civil War In ...

Klassiker der Polotik, Das Zeitalter Der Gleichheit

Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 & US War With Mexico & Attitudes Toward Sex in Antebellum America & Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era & ... Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War 2e