Tocqueville's America The Great Quotations |
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Author:
| Tocqueville, Alexis de |
Editor:
| Kershner Jr., Frederick |
Introduction by:
| Kershner Jr., Frederick |
ISBN: | 978-0-8214-0753-0 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1984 |
Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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"...boldness of enterprise is the foremost cause of (America's) progress, its strength, and its greatness."With that succinct statement a young French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, expressed his perceptive analysis of the United States, following a nine-month tour of the young republic beginning in May of 1831.
"...boldness of enterprise is the foremost cause of (America's) progress, its strength, and its greatness."With that succinct statement a young French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, expressed his perceptive analysis of the United States, following a nine-month tour of the young republic beginning in May of 1831.