American Institutions and Their Influence

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) was a French political theorist, historian, and social philosopher, renowned primarily for his seminal work 'De la d�mocratie en Am�rique' (1835–1840), translated as 'Democracy in America', a text that explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions and the institutions in the United States. Born into an aristocratic family in Paris, Tocqueville w...