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- catalog abstract ""In his first major biography of the author of Democracy in America, Andre Jardin traces Alexis de Tocqueville's eventful life from his birth in 1805 to aristocratic parents in postrevolutionary France, through his trip to antebellum America as a young man, his adventures in Algeria, and his political career in France's Second Republic, to his return to writing and the publication of his other classic work, L'Ancien regime et la revolution, in 1856. Jardin also offers an illuminating critical analysis of Democracy in America, arguing that the concerns for just government that inform this famous work dominated Tocqueville's thought throughout his life."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805-1859. English".
- catalog contributor b11033414.
- catalog coverage "France Politics and government 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "United States Description and travel.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""In his first major biography of the author of Democracy in America, Andre Jardin traces Alexis de Tocqueville's eventful life from his birth in 1805 to aristocratic parents in postrevolutionary France, through his trip to antebellum America as a young man, his adventures in Algeria, and his political career in France's Second Republic, to his return to writing and the publication of his other classic work, L'Ancien regime et la revolution, in 1856. Jardin also offers an illuminating critical analysis of Democracy in America, arguing that the concerns for just government that inform this famous work dominated Tocqueville's thought throughout his life."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-538) and index.".
- catalog extent "550 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0801860679 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France Politics and government 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "United States Description and travel.".
- catalog subject "944/.007202 21".
- catalog subject "DC36.98.T63 J3713 1998".
- catalog subject "Historians France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 Journeys North America.".
- catalog subject "Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 Travel North America.".
- catalog subject "Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.".
- catalog title "Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805-1859. English".
- catalog title "Tocqueville : a biography / André Jardin ; translated from the French by Lydia Davis, with Robert Hemenway.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".