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Books by Alexis de Tocqueville mentioned on podcasts
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Democracy in America
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is a foundational sociological and political study analyzing the structure, culture, and institutions of American society from the perspective of an outside observer.
Discussed“You're like you know, I've I've I haven't even I have not read Alexis de Tocqueville's full Democracy in America. Sorry, sue me.”
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L'ancien régime
Discussed“I as an undergraduate we were required to read Tocqueville's L'Ancien Régime in French in our first term.”
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Memoirs on Pauperism and Other Writings
Discussed“Alexis de Tocqueville, excuse me, wrote about it in a book called "Memoirs on Pauperism".”
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The Old Regime and the French Revolution
The Old Regime and the French Revolution by Alexis De Tocqueville is a classic historical analysis examining the deep institutional and social continuities that preceded the dramatic upheavals of 1789.
Recommended“There's a great line, I don't have it right in front of me at the moment, but in uh in Toqueville's regime in the French Revolution, which is really dynamite book everybody should read. At the end of it, he lays it out.”
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The Old Regime and the Revolution
The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville is a historical analysis examining the final days of the French monarchy and the conditions that preceded the French Revolution.
Recommended“This gentleman, Alexis de Tocqueville, is very famous for writing a book about the last days of the French monarchy before the French Revolution overturned it. He also wrote something about Democracy in America, both excellent books.”
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