Alexis De Tocqueville (Gutenberg Index)

Alexis de Tocqueville journeyed to America in 1831, barely thirty, and returned with an insight that would shape political thought for two centuries. This comprehensive index gathers his essential works: the legendary Democracy in America, his acute analysis of American institutions and their influence, and his intimate Recollections of the 1848 French Revolution. Tocqueville saw what others missed: the tension between freedom and equality that defines modern democratic life, the quiet tyranny of majority opinion, the civic religions that hold fragile republics together. His observations about American society remain startlingly relevant in an age of democratic upheaval and institutional strain. For readers seeking the roots of modern political consciousness, this compilation serves as the gateway to one of history's most lucid and unsettling observers of democratic society.