Democracy in America / De la d mocratie en Am rique (in four volumes): Historical-Critical Edition of De la d mocratie en Am rique

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, first published in two large volumes, one in 1835, the second in 1840. The first volume focused primarily on political society; the second, on civil society.

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