{"product_id":"tocquevilles-discovery-of-america-paperback","title":"Tocqueville's Discovery of America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeo Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville is more quoted than read; commentators across the political spectrum invoke him as an oracle who defined America and its democracy for all times. But in fact his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e, was the product of a young man's open-minded experience of America at a time of rapid change. In \u003ci\u003eTocqueville's Discovery of America\u003c\/i\u003e, the prizewinning biographer Leo Damrosch retraces Tocqueville's nine-month journey through the young nation in 1831-32, illuminating how his enduring ideas were born of imaginative interchange with America and Americans, and painting a vivid picture of Jacksonian America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDamrosch shows that Tocqueville found much to admire in the dynamism of American society and in its egalitarian ideals. But he was offended by the ethos of grasping materialism and was convinced that the institution of slavery was bound to give rise to a tragic civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on documents and letters that have never before appeared in English, as well as on a wide range of scholarship, \u003ci\u003eTocqueville's Discovery of America \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the man, his ideas, and his world to startling life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e is the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University. He is the author of several works, including \u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius, \u003c\/i\u003ea finalist for the 2005 National Book Award in nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762296389920,"sku":"9780374532598","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f0dbbaf14dccacbeff3844d3eeb7caee.webp?v=1780218896","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tocquevilles-discovery-of-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}