Alexis De Tocqueville

Democracy in America

(U.S. Heritage)
Übersetzer: Reeve, Henry

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Produktbeschreibung

THE FIRST EXAMINATION OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA AND WHY IT WORKED IN AMERICA AND FAILED IN MOST OTHER PLACES. Alexis de Tocqueville believed political equality, common in early America, built a strong foundation for democracy, a kind of government in which power belongs with the people and choices are made by the majority. De Tocqueville explains why republican representative democracy has succeeded in the United States while failing in so many other places. Democracy in America is part of the U.S. Heritage series a book that helped establish and form the United States of America. The revolutionary ideas and inspirational writings are included in this book for everyone, for students of all ages, to people who are actively involved in politics and their community and anyone interested in the amazing birth and history of America. LEARN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN!HUMANIX BOOKS U.S. Heritage series is the definitive collection of political writings and history of the Founding Fathers that paved the way for the United States of America to become the indispensable nation and THE example of Democracy, Liberty and Freedom in the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Humanix Books
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm
• ISBN-13: 9781630062552
• ISBN-10: 1630062553
• Artikelnr.: 67453631

Autorenporträt

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political thinker and historian best known for his work Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution. In both books, de Tocqueville studied 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 travelled in the United States, and is considered an early work of sociology and political science, and a revelatory description and analysis of a successful young Democracy. Tocqueville was a classical liberal who advocated parliamentary government, but was skeptical of the extremes of democracy.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents of Democracy in America (U.S. Heritage) by Alexis de
Tocqueville
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Book One
Introductory Chapter
* Chapter I: Exterior Form of North America
* Chapter II: Origin of the Anglo-Americans—Part I
* Chapter II: Origin of the Anglo-Americans—Part II
* Chapter III: Social Conditions of the Anglo-Americans
* Chapter IV: The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America
* Chapter V: Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States—Part I
* Chapter V: Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States—Part II
* Chapter V: Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States—Part
III
* Chapter VI: Judicial Power in the United States
* Chapter VII: Political Jurisdiction in the United States
* Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part I
* Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part II
* Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part III
* Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part IV
* Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part V
* Chapter IX: Why the People May Strictly Be Said to Govern in the
United States
* Chapter X: Parties in the United States
* Chapter XI: Liberty of the Press in the United States
* Chapter XII: Political Associations in the United States
* Chapter XIII: Government of the Democracy in America—Part I
* Chapter XIII: Government of the Democracy in America—Part II
* Chapter XIII: Government of the Democracy in America—Part III
* Chapter XIV: Advantages American Society Derive from Democracy—Part I
* Chapter XIV: Advantages American Society Derive from Democracy—Part
II
* Chapter XV: Unlimited Power of Majority, and Its Consequences—Part I
* Chapter XV: Unlimited Power of Majority, and Its Consequences—Part II
* Chapter XVI: Causes Mitigating Tyranny in the United States—Part I
* Chapter XVI: Causes Mitigating Tyranny in the United States—Part II
* Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic
Republic—Part I
* Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic
Republic—Part II
* Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic
Republic—Part III
* Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic
Republic—Part IV
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races in the United
States—Part I
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part II
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part III
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part IV
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part V
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part VI
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part VII
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part VIII
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part IX
* Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part X
* Conclusion
Book Two: Influence of Democracy on Progress of Opinion in the United
States
De Tocqueville’s Preface to the Second Part
Section 1: Influence of Democracy on the Action of Intellect in the United
States
* Chapter I: Philosophical Method among the Americans
* Chapter II: Of the Principal Source of Belief among Democratic
Nations
* Chapter III: Why the Americans Display More Readiness and More Taste
for General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, the English.
* Chapter IV: Why the Americans Have Never Been So Eager as the French
for General Ideas in Political Matters
* Chapter V: Of the Manner in Which Religion in the United States
Avails Itself of Democratic Tendencies
* Chapter VI: Of the Progress of Roman Catholicism in the United States
* Chapter VII: Of the Cause of a Leaning to Pantheism Amongst
Democratic Nations
* Chapter VIII: The Principle of Equality Suggests to the Americans the
Idea of the Indefinite Perfectibility of Man
* Chapter IX: The Example of the Americans Does Not Prove That a
Democratic People Can Have No Aptitude and No Taste for Science,
Literature, or Art
* Chapter X: Why the Americans Are More Addicted to Practical Than to
Theoretical Science
* Chapter XI: Of the Spirit in Which the Americans Cultivate the Arts
* Chapter XII: Why the Americans Raise Some Monuments So Insignificant,
and Others So Important
* Chapter XIII: Literary Characteristics of Democratic Ages
* Chapter XIV: The Trade of Literature
* Chapter XV: The Study of Greek and Latin Literature Peculiarly Useful
in Democratic Communities
* Chapter XVI: The Effect of Democracy on Language
* Chapter XVII: Of Some of the Sources of Poetry Amongst Democratic
Nations
* Chapter XVIII: Of the Inflated Style of American Writers and Orators
* Chapter XIX: Some Observations on the Drama Amongst Democratic
Nations
* Chapter XX: Characteristics of Historians in Democratic Ages
* Chapter XXI: Of Parliamentary Eloquence in the United States
Section 2: Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of Americans 
* Chapter I: Why Democratic Nations Show a More Ardent and Enduring
Love of Equality Than of Liberty
* Chapter II: Of Individualism in Democratic Countries
* Chapter III: Individualism Stronger at the Close of a Democratic
Revolution Than at Other Periods
* Chapter IV: That the Americans Combat the Effects of Individualism by
Free Institutions
* Chapter V: Of the Use Which the Americans Make of Public Associations
in Civil Life
* Chapter VI: Of the Relation between Public Associations and
Newspapers
* Chapter VII: Connection of Civil and Political Associations
* Chapter VIII: The Americans Combat Individualism by the Principle of
Interest Rightly Understood
* Chapter IX: That the Americans Apply the Principle of Interest
Rightly Understood to Religious Matters
* Chapter X: Of the Taste for Physical Well-Being in America
* Chapter XI: Peculiar Effects of the Love of Physical Gratifications
in Democratic Ages
* Chapter XII: Causes of Fanatical Enthusiasm in Some Americans
* Chapter XIII: Causes of the Restless Spirit of Americans in the Midst
of Their Prosperity
* Chapter XIV: Taste for Physical Gratifications United in America to
Love of Freedom and Attention to Public Affairs
* Chapter XV: That Religious Belief Sometimes Turns the Thoughts of the
Americans to Immaterial Pleasures
* Chapter XVI: That Excessive Care of Worldly Welfare May Impair That
Welfare
* Chapter XVII: That in Times Marked by Equality of Conditions and
Sceptical Opinions, It Is Important to Remove to a Distance the
Objects of Human Actions
* Chapter XVIII: That Amongst the Americans All Honest Callings Are
Honorable
* Chapter XIX: That Almost All the Americans Follow Industrial Callings
* Chapter XX: That Aristocracy May Be Engendered by Manufactures
Book Three: Influence of Democracy on Manners, Properly So Called
* Chapter I: That Manners Are Softened as Social Conditions Become More
Equal
* Chapter II: That Democracy Renders the Habitual Intercourse of the
Americans Simple and Easy
* Chapter III: Why the Americans Show So Little Sensitiveness in Their
Own Country, and Are So Sensitive in Europe
* Chapter IV: Consequences of the Three Preceding Chapters
* Chapter V: How Democracy Affects the Relation of Masters and Servants
* Chapter VI: That Democratic Institutions and Manners Tend to Raise
Rents and Shorten the Terms of Leases
* Chapter VII: Influence of Democracy on Wages
* Chapter VIII: Influence of Democracy on Kindred
* Chapter IX: Education of Young Women in the United States
* Chapter X: The Young Woman in the Character of a Wife
* Chapter XI: That the Equality of Conditions Contributes to the
Maintenance of Good Morals in America
* Chapter XII: How the Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes
* Chapter XIII: That the Principle of Equality Naturally Divides the
Americans into a Number of Small Private Circles
* Chapter XIV: Some Reflections on American Manners
* Chapter XV: Of the Gravity of the Americans, and Why It Does Not
Prevent Them from Often Committing Inconsiderate Actions
* Chapter XVI: Why the National Vanity of the Americans Is More
Restless and Captious Than That of the English
* Chapter XVII: That the Aspect of Society in the United States Is at
Once Excited and Monotonous
* Chapter XVIII: Of Honor in the United States and in Democratic
Communities
* Chapter XIX: Why So Many Ambitious Men and So Little Lofty Ambition
Are to Be Found in the United States
* Chapter XX: The Trade of Place-Hunting in Certain Democratic
Countries
* Chapter XXI: Why Great Revolutions Will Become More Rare
* Chapter XXII: Why Democratic Nations Are Naturally Desirous of Peace,
and Democratic Armies of War
* Chapter XXIII: Which Is the Most Warlike and Most Revolutionary Class
in Democratic Armies?
* Chapter XXIV: Causes Which Render Democratic Armies Weaker Than Other
Armies at the Outset of a Campaign, and More Formidable in Protracted
Warfare
* Chapter XXV: Of Discipline in Democratic Armies
* Chapter XXVI: Some Considerations On War in Democratic Communities
Book Four: Influence of Democratic Opinions on Political Society
* Chapter I: That Equality Naturally Gives Men a Taste for Free
Institutions
* Chapter II: That the Notions of Democratic Nations on Government Are
Naturally Favorable to the Concentration of Power
* Chapter III: That the Sentiments of Democratic Nations Accord with
Their Opinions in Leading Them to Concentrate Political Power
* Chapter IV: Of Certain Peculiar and Accidental Causes Which Either
Lead a People to Complete Centralization of Government, or Which
Divert Them from It
* Chapter V: That Amongst the European Nations of Our Time the Power of
Governments Is Increasing, Although the Persons Who Govern Are Less
Stable
* Chapter VI: What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear
* Chapter VII: Continuation of the Preceding Chapters
* Chapter VIII: General Survey of the Subject
Appendix to Parts I. and II.