Alexis de Tocqueville is recognized as one of the most important nineteenth-century historians. In this perceptive study, Harvey Mitchell examines afresh Tocqueville's works, including the Souvenirs of 1848 and his voluminous correspondence, to shed new light on his philosophy of history. Tocqueville's concern with historical forces and individual choice emerge as central to his work. Professor Mitchell reveals in Tocqueville a unity of thought and a deep involvement with the philosophical questions raised by historical continuity and change.
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"...an elegantly erudite reappraisal of Tocqueville as a historian....Mitchell provides an enticing introduction to Tocqueville....we can be grateful to historians like Mitchell." The Vancouver Sun
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"This is an important contribution to the expanding universe of Tocqueville scholarship. Harvey Mitchell has seized upon a major dilemma in the study of Tocqueville...Mitchell is at his very best." American Historical Review
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"This is an important contribution to the expanding universe of Tocqueville scholarship. Harvey Mitchell has seized upon a major dilemma in the study of Tocqueville...Mitchell is at his very best." American Historical Review
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Alexis de Tocqueville is recognised as one of the most important nineteenth-century historians. In this perceptive study, Harvey Mitchell examines afresh Tocqueville's works, including the Souvenirs of 1848 and his voluminous correspondence, to shed new light on his philosophy of history. Tocqueville's concern with historical forces and individual choice emerge as central to his work. Professor Mitchell reveals in Tocqueville a unity of thought and a deep involvement with the philosophical questions raised by historical continuity and change.
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- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville on 12 pages
- Democracy in America (Signet Classics) by Alexis de Tocqueville on 12 pages
- The French Revolution: 1770-1814 (History of France) by Francois Furet on 9 pages
- Aspects of the French Revolution (The Norton library) by Alfred Cobban on 4 pages
- Interpreting the French Revolution by François Furet on 4 pages
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- America after Tocqueville: Democracy against Difference by Harvey Mitchell on 6 pages
- Tocqueville, Democracy and Social Reform by Michael Drolet on 5 pages
- The Tocqueville Reader: A Life in Letters and Politics (Blackwell Readers) by Olivier Zunz in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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