@article{439057,
      author = {Tocqueville, Alexis de, and Elster, Jon, and Goldhammer,  Arthur.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/439057},
      title = {Tocqueville the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      abstract = {"This new translation of an undisputed classic aims to be  both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style  and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as  well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and  an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is uniquely  qualified for the task. In his Introduction, Jon Elster  draws on his recent work to lay out the structure of  Tocqueville's argument. Readers will appreciate The Ancien  Régime and the French Revolution for its sense of irony as  well as tragedy, for its deep insights into political  psychology, and for its impassioned defense of liberty"--},
      recid = {439057},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxxii, 280 p.)},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      year = {2011},
}