History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1403 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Tocqueville
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The idea
Alexis de Tocqueville came to America ostensibly to examine prison reform and became the era's most perceptive commentator on American democracy.
In practice
Democracy in America published in two volumes between eighteen thirty-five and eighteen forty.
Where people slip
A French aristocrat's account remains the standard description of Jacksonian democracy, which is itself worth noticing.
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