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World's classics volume 496
Everyman's library volume no. 179
Classics of World Literature
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Everyman's library volume no. 179
Classics of World Literature
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In 1831, the then twenty-seven year old Alexis de Tocqueville, was sent with Gustave de Beaumont to America by the French Government to study and make a report on the American prison system. Over a period of nine months the two traveled all over America making notes not only on the prison systems but on all aspects of American society and government. From these notes, Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America", an exhaustive analysis of the successes...
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
De la démocratie en Amérique est le fruit d'un voyage que le tout jeune magistrat à Versailles, mis en position délicate par la révolution de 1830, en vertu de son appartenance à une famille légitimiste, entreprit, accompagné de son ami Gustave de Beaumont, en Amérique entre avril 1831 et mars 1832, avec pour projet initial d'enquêter sur l'administration des prisons.
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