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Alexis de Tocqueville : a biography

Paperback • 2009 • English

Alexis de Tocqueville : a biography

By Hugh. Brogan

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About the book

Alexis de Tocqueville stands as one of the most eminent political theorists of the modern world. This biography relates how his aristocratic family escaped the terror in 1790s France & how Alexis devoted his life to a struggle for liberty. As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, Alexis de Tocqueville had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time. In 1831 Tocqueville made t...Show more

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9781861975935

Publisher

London : Profile

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Alexis de Tocqueville : a biography

Format

Paperback

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