Democracy in America — Volume 2
Alexis de Tocqueville traveled through the United States for nine months in 1831 and 1832, ostensibly to study its prisons. The first volume of Democracy in America, published in 1835, described American political institutions; this second volume, published in 1840 in Henry Reeve's translation, turns to the effects of democracy on the mind, the feelings, and the manners of a people. Tocqueville considers why Americans prefer practical to theoretical science, how equality fosters individualism and a taste for material well-being, why democratic peoples write and speak as they do, how the family, religion and the relations between the sexes change, and what new form of despotism, mild and all-embracing, a democratic society has to fear. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the first chapter free.
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Is Democracy in America — Volume 2 in the public domain?
Yes. Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville is a public-domain work, here in the translation by Henry Reeve. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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About 9 h 30 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is Democracy in America — Volume 2?
Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville is filed under "Philosophy" in the Vinteuil library.
