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- catalog alternative "De la démocratie en Amérique. English".
- catalog contributor b12231570.
- catalog contributor b12231571.
- catalog contributor b12231572.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions To 1865.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "1 Physical Configuration of North America 23 -- 2 Concerning Their Point of Departure and Its Importance for the Future of the Angloamericans 31 -- Reasons for Some Peculiarities in the Laws and Customs of the Anglo-Americans 48 -- 3 Social State of the Anglo-Americans 50 -- The Striking Feature in the Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans Is That It Is Essentially Democratic 50 -- Political Consequences of the Social State of the Anglo-Americans 56 -- 4 The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America 58 -- 5 The Need to Study what Happens in the States Before Discussing the Government of the Union 61 -- The American System of Townships 62 -- Limits of the Township 63 -- Powers of the New England Township 63 -- Life in the Township 66 -- Spirit of the Township in New England 68 -- The New England County 70 -- Administration in New England 71 --".
- catalog description "Accidental Causes That May Increase the Influence of the Executive Power 125 -- Why the President of the United States Has No Need, in Order to Direct Affairs, of a Majority in the Two Houses 126 -- Election of the President 127 -- Mode of Election 131 -- Crisis of the Election 134 -- Concerning the Reelection of the President 136 -- The Federal Courts 138 -- Means of Determining the Competence of the Federal Courts 141 -- Different Cases of Jurisdiction 143 -- Procedure of the Federal Courts 147 -- High Standing of the Supreme Court Among the Great Authorities in the State 149 -- The Superiority of the Federal Constitution over That of the States 151 -- What Distinguishes the Federal Constitution of the United States of America from All Other Federal Constitutions 155 -- Advantages of the Federal System in General and Its Special Usefulness in America 158 --".
- catalog description "Activity Prevailing in All Parts of the Political Body in the United States; the Influence Thereby Exerted on Society 241 -- 7 The Omnipotence of the Majority in the United States and Its Effects 246 -- How in America the Omnipotence of the Majority Increases the Legislative and Administrative Instability Natural to Democracies 248 -- Tyranny of the Majority 250 -- Effect of the Omnipotence of the Majority on the Arbitrary Power of American Public Officials 253 -- The Power Exercised by the Majority in America over Thought 254 -- Effects of the Majority's Tyranny on American National Character; the Courtier Spirit in the United States 257 -- The Greatest Danger to the American Republics Comes from the Omnipotence of the Majority 259 -- 8 What Tempers the Tyranny of the Majority in the United States 262 -- Absence of Administrative Centralization 262 --".
- catalog description "Concerning the Republican Institutions of the United States and Their Chances of Survival 395 -- Some Considerations Concerning the Causes of the Commercial Greatness of the United States 400 -- Author's Preface to Volume Two 417 -- Contents of Volume Two 419 -- Democracy in America: Volume Two 427 -- Appendix I Tocqueville's Notes to Volumes One and Two 709 -- Appendix II Report on Cherbuliez' Book, On Democracy in Switzerland, January 15, 1848 736 -- Appendix III Speech in the Chamber of Deputies, January 27, 1848 749.".
- catalog description "General Ideas Concerning Administration in the United States 80 -- Of the State 84 -- Legislative Power of the State 84 -- The Executive Power of the State 86 -- Political Effects of Administrative Decentralization in the United States 87 -- 6 Judicial Power in the United States and Its Effect on Political Society 99 -- Other Powers Given to American Judges 104 -- 7 Political Jurisdiction in the United States 106 -- 8 The Federal Constitution 112 -- History of the Federal Constitution 112 -- Summary of the Federal Constitution 114 -- Prerogatives of the Federal Government 115 -- Federal Powers 117 -- Legislative Powers 117 -- Another Difference Between the Senate and the House of Representatives 120 -- The Executive Power 121 -- How the Position of the President of the United States Differs from That of a Constitutional King in France 122 --".
- catalog description "How the Enlightenment, Habits, and Practical Experience of the Americans Contribute to the Success of Democratic Institutions 301 -- The Laws Contribute More to the Maintenance of the Democratic Republic in the United States Than Do the Physical Circumstances of the Country, and Mores Do More Than the Laws 305 -- Elsewhere Than in America, Would Laws and Mores Be Enough to Maintain Democratic Institutions? 309 -- The Importance of the Foregoing in Relation to Europe 311 -- 10 Some Considerations Concerning the Present State and Probable Future of the Three Races that Inhabit the Territory of the United States 316 -- The Present State and the Probable Future of the Indian Tribes Inhabiting the Territory of the Union 321 -- Situation of the Black Race in the United States; Dangers Entailed for the Whites by Its Presence 340 -- What Are the Chances That the American Union Will Last? What Dangers Threaten It? 363 --".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Public Expenses Under the Rule of American Democracy 208 -- The Instincts of American Democracy in Fixing the Salaries of Officials 212 -- Difficulty of Discerning the Reasons That Incline the American Government Toward Economy 214 -- Can the Public Expenditure of the United States Be Compared with That of France? 215 -- Corruption and Vices of the Rulers in a Democracy and Consequent Effect on Public Morality 220 -- The Efforts of Which Democracy Is Capable 221 -- American Democracy's Power of Self-Control 224 -- How American Democracy Conducts the External Affairs of the State 226 -- 6 The Real Advantages Derived by American Society from Democratic Government 231 -- The General Tendency of Laws Under the Sway of American Democracy and the Instincts of Those Who Apply Them 231 -- Public Spirit in the United States 235 -- The Idea of Rights in the United States 237 -- Respect for Law in the United States 240 --".
- catalog description "The Temper of the American Legal Profession and How It Serves to Counterbalance Democracy 263 -- The Jury in the United States Considered as a Political Institution 270 -- 9 The Main Causes Tending to Maintain A Democratic Republic in the United States 277 -- Accidental or Providential Causes Helping to Maintain a Democratic Republic in the United States 277 -- Influence of the Laws upon the Maintenance of a Democratic Republic in the United States 286 -- Influence of Mores upon the Maintenance of a Democratic Republic in the United States 287 -- Religion Considered as a Political Institution and How It Powerfully Contributes to the Maintenance of a Democratic Republic Among the Americans 287 -- Indirect Influence of Religious Beliefs upon Political Society in the United States 290 -- The Main Causes That Make Religion Powerful in America 294 --".
- catalog description "Why the Federal System Is Not Within the Reach of All Nations and Why the Anglo-Americans Have Been Able to Adopt It 163 -- 1 Why It Can Strictly Be Said That the People Govern in the United States 173 -- 2 Parties in the United States 174 -- Remains of the Aristocratic Party in the United States 178 -- 3 Freedom of the Press in the United States 180 -- 4 Political Association in the United States 189 -- 5 Government By Democracy in America 196 -- Universal Suffrage 196 -- The People's Choice and the Instincts of American Democracy in Such Choices 197 -- Elements Which May Provide a Partial Corrective to These Instincts of Democracy 199 -- Influence of American Democracy upon Electoral Laws 202 -- Public Officers Under the Rule of American Democracy 203 -- The Arbitrary Power of Magistrates Under the Sway of American Democracy 205 -- Administrative Instability in the United States 207 --".
- catalog extent "xiv, 778 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0060956666".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Perennial Classics,".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions To 1865.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "320.473 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy United States.".
- catalog subject "JK216 .T713 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 Physical Configuration of North America 23 -- 2 Concerning Their Point of Departure and Its Importance for the Future of the Angloamericans 31 -- Reasons for Some Peculiarities in the Laws and Customs of the Anglo-Americans 48 -- 3 Social State of the Anglo-Americans 50 -- The Striking Feature in the Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans Is That It Is Essentially Democratic 50 -- Political Consequences of the Social State of the Anglo-Americans 56 -- 4 The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America 58 -- 5 The Need to Study what Happens in the States Before Discussing the Government of the Union 61 -- The American System of Townships 62 -- Limits of the Township 63 -- Powers of the New England Township 63 -- Life in the Township 66 -- Spirit of the Township in New England 68 -- The New England County 70 -- Administration in New England 71 --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Accidental Causes That May Increase the Influence of the Executive Power 125 -- Why the President of the United States Has No Need, in Order to Direct Affairs, of a Majority in the Two Houses 126 -- Election of the President 127 -- Mode of Election 131 -- Crisis of the Election 134 -- Concerning the Reelection of the President 136 -- The Federal Courts 138 -- Means of Determining the Competence of the Federal Courts 141 -- Different Cases of Jurisdiction 143 -- Procedure of the Federal Courts 147 -- High Standing of the Supreme Court Among the Great Authorities in the State 149 -- The Superiority of the Federal Constitution over That of the States 151 -- What Distinguishes the Federal Constitution of the United States of America from All Other Federal Constitutions 155 -- Advantages of the Federal System in General and Its Special Usefulness in America 158 --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Activity Prevailing in All Parts of the Political Body in the United States; the Influence Thereby Exerted on Society 241 -- 7 The Omnipotence of the Majority in the United States and Its Effects 246 -- How in America the Omnipotence of the Majority Increases the Legislative and Administrative Instability Natural to Democracies 248 -- Tyranny of the Majority 250 -- Effect of the Omnipotence of the Majority on the Arbitrary Power of American Public Officials 253 -- The Power Exercised by the Majority in America over Thought 254 -- Effects of the Majority's Tyranny on American National Character; the Courtier Spirit in the United States 257 -- The Greatest Danger to the American Republics Comes from the Omnipotence of the Majority 259 -- 8 What Tempers the Tyranny of the Majority in the United States 262 -- Absence of Administrative Centralization 262 --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Concerning the Republican Institutions of the United States and Their Chances of Survival 395 -- Some Considerations Concerning the Causes of the Commercial Greatness of the United States 400 -- Author's Preface to Volume Two 417 -- Contents of Volume Two 419 -- Democracy in America: Volume Two 427 -- Appendix I Tocqueville's Notes to Volumes One and Two 709 -- Appendix II Report on Cherbuliez' Book, On Democracy in Switzerland, January 15, 1848 736 -- Appendix III Speech in the Chamber of Deputies, January 27, 1848 749.".
- catalog tableOfContents "General Ideas Concerning Administration in the United States 80 -- Of the State 84 -- Legislative Power of the State 84 -- The Executive Power of the State 86 -- Political Effects of Administrative Decentralization in the United States 87 -- 6 Judicial Power in the United States and Its Effect on Political Society 99 -- Other Powers Given to American Judges 104 -- 7 Political Jurisdiction in the United States 106 -- 8 The Federal Constitution 112 -- History of the Federal Constitution 112 -- Summary of the Federal Constitution 114 -- Prerogatives of the Federal Government 115 -- Federal Powers 117 -- Legislative Powers 117 -- Another Difference Between the Senate and the House of Representatives 120 -- The Executive Power 121 -- How the Position of the President of the United States Differs from That of a Constitutional King in France 122 --".
- catalog tableOfContents "How the Enlightenment, Habits, and Practical Experience of the Americans Contribute to the Success of Democratic Institutions 301 -- The Laws Contribute More to the Maintenance of the Democratic Republic in the United States Than Do the Physical Circumstances of the Country, and Mores Do More Than the Laws 305 -- Elsewhere Than in America, Would Laws and Mores Be Enough to Maintain Democratic Institutions? 309 -- The Importance of the Foregoing in Relation to Europe 311 -- 10 Some Considerations Concerning the Present State and Probable Future of the Three Races that Inhabit the Territory of the United States 316 -- The Present State and the Probable Future of the Indian Tribes Inhabiting the Territory of the Union 321 -- Situation of the Black Race in the United States; Dangers Entailed for the Whites by Its Presence 340 -- What Are the Chances That the American Union Will Last? What Dangers Threaten It? 363 --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Public Expenses Under the Rule of American Democracy 208 -- The Instincts of American Democracy in Fixing the Salaries of Officials 212 -- Difficulty of Discerning the Reasons That Incline the American Government Toward Economy 214 -- Can the Public Expenditure of the United States Be Compared with That of France? 215 -- Corruption and Vices of the Rulers in a Democracy and Consequent Effect on Public Morality 220 -- The Efforts of Which Democracy Is Capable 221 -- American Democracy's Power of Self-Control 224 -- How American Democracy Conducts the External Affairs of the State 226 -- 6 The Real Advantages Derived by American Society from Democratic Government 231 -- The General Tendency of Laws Under the Sway of American Democracy and the Instincts of Those Who Apply Them 231 -- Public Spirit in the United States 235 -- The Idea of Rights in the United States 237 -- Respect for Law in the United States 240 --".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Temper of the American Legal Profession and How It Serves to Counterbalance Democracy 263 -- The Jury in the United States Considered as a Political Institution 270 -- 9 The Main Causes Tending to Maintain A Democratic Republic in the United States 277 -- Accidental or Providential Causes Helping to Maintain a Democratic Republic in the United States 277 -- Influence of the Laws upon the Maintenance of a Democratic Republic in the United States 286 -- Influence of Mores upon the Maintenance of a Democratic Republic in the United States 287 -- Religion Considered as a Political Institution and How It Powerfully Contributes to the Maintenance of a Democratic Republic Among the Americans 287 -- Indirect Influence of Religious Beliefs upon Political Society in the United States 290 -- The Main Causes That Make Religion Powerful in America 294 --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Why the Federal System Is Not Within the Reach of All Nations and Why the Anglo-Americans Have Been Able to Adopt It 163 -- 1 Why It Can Strictly Be Said That the People Govern in the United States 173 -- 2 Parties in the United States 174 -- Remains of the Aristocratic Party in the United States 178 -- 3 Freedom of the Press in the United States 180 -- 4 Political Association in the United States 189 -- 5 Government By Democracy in America 196 -- Universal Suffrage 196 -- The People's Choice and the Instincts of American Democracy in Such Choices 197 -- Elements Which May Provide a Partial Corrective to These Instincts of Democracy 199 -- Influence of American Democracy upon Electoral Laws 202 -- Public Officers Under the Rule of American Democracy 203 -- The Arbitrary Power of Magistrates Under the Sway of American Democracy 205 -- Administrative Instability in the United States 207 --".
- catalog title "De la démocratie en Amérique. English".
- catalog title "Democracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville ; edited by J.P. Mayer ; translated by George Lawrence.".
- catalog type "text".