000350391 000__ 03626cam\a22003854a\4500 000350391 001__ 350391 000350391 005__ 20210513125647.0 000350391 008__ 100311s2010\\\\enka\\\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000350391 010__ $$a 2010010473 000350391 020__ $$a9780195175394 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000350391 020__ $$a0195175395 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000350391 0248_ $$a2222408 000350391 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn149482853 000350391 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dUKM$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dYUS$$dVP@$$dCDX$$dSTF$$dPUL$$dIG#$$dDEBBG 000350391 042__ $$apcc 000350391 043__ $$ae-fr--- 000350391 049__ $$aISEA 000350391 05000 $$aJC229.T8$$bM33 2010 000350391 08200 $$a320.092$$aB$$222 000350391 1001_ $$aMansfield, Harvey C.,$$cJr.,$$d1932- 000350391 24510 $$aTocqueville :$$ba very short introduction /$$cHarvey C. Mansfield. 000350391 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2010. 000350391 300__ $$a124 p. :$$bill. ;$$c18 cm. 000350391 4901_ $$aVery short introductions 000350391 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000350391 5050_ $$aIntroduction : a new kind of liberal -- Tocqueville's democratic providence -- Tocqueville's praise of democracy -- Informal democracy -- Democratic despotism -- Rational administration -- Tocqueville's pride. 000350391 520__ $$a"No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville. After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and intense study of documents and authorities, he authored the landmark Democracy in America, publishing its two volumes in 1835 and 1840. Ever since, this book has been the best source for every serious attempt to understand America and democracy itself. Yet Tocqueville himself remains a mystery behind the elegance of his style. Now one of our leading authorities on Tocqueville explains him in this splendid new entry in Oxford's acclaimed Very Short Introduction series. Harvey Mansfield addresses his subject as a thinker, clearly and incisively exploring Tocqueville's writings--not only his masterpiece, but also his secret Recollections, intended for posterity alone, and his unfinished work on his native France, The Old Regime and the Revolution. Tocqueville was a liberal, Mansfield writes, but not of the usual sort. The many elements of his life found expression in his thought: his aristocratic ancestry, his ventures in politics, his voyages abroad, his hopes and fears for America, and his disappointment with France. All his writings show a passion for political liberty and insistence on human greatness. Perhaps most important, he saw liberty not in theories, but in the practice of self-government in America. Ever an opponent of abstraction, he offered an analysis that forces us to consider what we actually do in our politics--suggesting that theory itself may be an enemy of freedom. And that, Mansfield writes, makes him a vitally important thinker for today. Translator of an authoritative edition of Democracy in America, Harvey Mansfield here offers the fruit of decades of research and reflection in a clear, insightful, and marvelously compact introduction"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000350391 60010 $$aTocqueville, Alexis de,$$d1805-1859$$xPolitical and social views. 000350391 650_0 $$aHistorians$$zFrance$$vBiography. 000350391 650_0 $$aStatesmen$$zFrance$$vBiography. 000350391 650_0 $$aDemocracy. 000350391 830_0 $$aVery short introductions ;$$v239. 000350391 85200 $$bgen$$hJC229.T8$$iM33$$i2010 000350391 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2010010473-b.html 000350391 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2010010473-d.html 000350391 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2010010473-t.html 000350391 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:350391$$pGLOBAL_SET 000350391 980__ $$aBIB 000350391 980__ $$aBOOK