The topic before the House, America Democracy Tocqueville this week on “Think Tank.” In May of 1831, twenty-six year-old Alexis de Tocqueville landed in Newport, Rhode Island, then a city of ...

Alexis de Tocqueville's observations of early America reveal that civic vitality is vital for democracy, and that liberal ...

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) wouldn't have been surprised by the campaign's bitterness, with one candidate ... In "Democracy in America"--published in two volumes, ...

Alexis de Tocqueville was a 19th century French diplomat, political scientist, and historian who is best known for his two-volume work "Democracy in America" (published in 1835 and 1840), in which ...

French political writer Alexis de Tocqueville spent four days in Cincinnati in 1831, making observations for his book “Democracy in America.” ...

As Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop suggest in the remarkable introduction to their new translation of Democracy in America, almost everyone claims Alexis de Tocqueville for their side these days.

Instead, Democracy in America came from the pen of a Frenchman, Alexis De Tocqueville. Tocqueville, a politician and aristocrat, died on April 16, 1859 — 165 years ago.

A conference that I attended recently at the Chateau of Alexis de Tocqueville in Normandy brought me to confront Tocqueville with Donald Trump. I did not see how I as an American, just now, could come ...

In reality, he models the author of ‘Democracy in America’ that our political dialogue needs today. ... Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) Photo: Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images.

Tocqueville is of course best known for his “Democracy in America,” a work which may be more quoted from than actually read. The first part of it was published in 1835, based on observations ...

Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America Aired 10/4/2001 In May of 1831, twenty-six year-old Alexis de Tocqueville landed in Newport, Rhode Island, then a city of fewer than 16,000 residents.