Democracy in America / De la démocratie en Amérique (in four volumes)

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Gustave de Beaumont visited the United States. From Tocqueville’s copious notes of what he had seen and heard came the classic text De la Démocratie en Amérique, published in two large volumes, the first in 1835, the second in 1840. The first volume focused primarily on political society; the second, on civil society.

The Liberty Fund bilingual Democracy in America includes Eduardo Nolla’s critical edition of the French text and notes on the lef...