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Democracy in America (U.S. Heritage) with an Introduction by Ambassador Nancy Brinker

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Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

01.09.2026

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

536

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,3/2,7 cm

Gewicht

712 g

Übersetzt von

Reeve Henry

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-63006-255-2

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

01.09.2026

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

536

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,3/2,7 cm

Gewicht

712 g

Übersetzt von

Reeve Henry

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-63006-255-2

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

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  • Produktbild: Democracy in America (U.S. Heritage)

  • Table of Contents of Democracy in America (U.S. Heritage) by Alexis de Tocqueville


    Foreword > "Big Name" tk


    Book One


    Introductory Chapter

    • Chapter I: Exterior Form of North America
    • Chapter II: Origin of the Anglo-Americans—Part I
    • Chapter II: Origin of the Anglo-Americans—Part II
    • Chapter III: Social Conditions of the Anglo-Americans
    • Chapter IV: The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America
    • Chapter V: Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States—Part I
    • Chapter V: Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States—Part II
    • Chapter V: Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States—Part III
    • Chapter VI: Judicial Power in the United States
    • Chapter VII: Political Jurisdiction in the United States
    • Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part I
    • Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part II
    • Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part III
    • Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part IV
    • Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution—Part V
    • Chapter IX: Why the People May Strictly Be Said to Govern in the United States
    • Chapter X: Parties in the United States
    • Chapter XI: Liberty of the Press in the United States
    • Chapter XII: Political Associations in the United States
    • Chapter XIII: Government of the Democracy in America—Part I
    • Chapter XIII: Government of the Democracy in America—Part II
    • Chapter XIII: Government of the Democracy in America—Part III
    • Chapter XIV: Advantages American Society Derive from Democracy—Part I
    • Chapter XIV: Advantages American Society Derive from Democracy—Part II
    • Chapter XV: Unlimited Power of Majority, and Its Consequences—Part I
    • Chapter XV: Unlimited Power of Majority, and Its Consequences—Part II
    • Chapter XVI: Causes Mitigating Tyranny in the United States—Part I
    • Chapter XVI: Causes Mitigating Tyranny in the United States—Part II
    • Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic Republic—Part I
    • Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic Republic—Part II
    • Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic Republic—Part III
    • Chapter XVII: Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic Republic—Part IV
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races in the United States—Part I
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part II
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part III
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part IV
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part V
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part VI
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part VII
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part VIII
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part IX
    • Chapter XVIII: Future Condition of Three Races—Part X
    • Conclusion

    Book Two: Influence of Democracy on Progress of Opinion in the United States


    De Tocqueville’s Preface to the Second Part


    Section 1: Influence of Democracy on the Action of Intellect in the United States

    • Chapter I: Philosophical Method among the Americans
    • Chapter II: Of the Principal Source of Belief among Democratic Nations
    • Chapter III: Why the Americans Display More Readiness and More Taste for General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, the English.
    • Chapter IV: Why the Americans Have Never Been So Eager as the French for General Ideas in Political Matters
    • Chapter V: Of the Manner in Which Religion in the United States Avails Itself of Democratic Tendencies
    • Chapter VI: Of the Progress of Roman Catholicism in the United States
    • Chapter VII: Of the Cause of a Leaning to Pantheism Amongst Democratic Nations
    • Chapter VIII: The Principle of Equality Suggests to the Americans the Idea of the Indefinite Perfectibility of Man
    • Chapter IX: The Example of the Americans Does Not Prove That a Democratic People Can Have No Aptitude and No Taste for Science, Literature, or Art
    • Chapter X: Why the Americans Are More Addicted to Practical Than to Theoretical Science
    • Chapter XI: Of the Spirit in Which the Americans Cultivate the Arts
    • Chapter XII: Why the Americans Raise Some Monuments So Insignificant, and Others So Important
    • Chapter XIII: Literary Characteristics of Democratic Ages
    • Chapter XIV: The Trade of Literature
    • Chapter XV: The Study of Greek and Latin Literature Peculiarly Useful in Democratic Communities
    • Chapter XVI: The Effect of Democracy on Language
    • Chapter XVII: Of Some of the Sources of Poetry Amongst Democratic Nations
    • Chapter XVIII: Of the Inflated Style of American Writers and Orators
    • Chapter XIX: Some Observations on the Drama Amongst Democratic Nations
    • Chapter XX: Characteristics of Historians in Democratic Ages
    • Chapter XXI: Of Parliamentary Eloquence in the United States

    Section 2: Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of Americans 

    • Chapter I: Why Democratic Nations Show a More Ardent and Enduring Love of Equality Than of Liberty
    • Chapter II: Of Individualism in Democratic Countries
    • Chapter III: Individualism Stronger at the Close of a Democratic Revolution Than at Other Periods
    • Chapter IV: That the Americans Combat the Effects of Individualism by Free Institutions
    • Chapter V: Of the Use Which the Americans Make of Public Associations in Civil Life
    • Chapter VI: Of the Relation between Public Associations and Newspapers
    • Chapter VII: Connection of Civil and Political Associations
    • Chapter VIII: The Americans Combat Individualism by the Principle of Interest Rightly Understood
    • Chapter IX: That the Americans Apply the Principle of Interest Rightly Understood to Religious Matters
    • Chapter X: Of the Taste for Physical Well-Being in America
    • Chapter XI: Peculiar Effects of the Love of Physical Gratifications in Democratic Ages
    • Chapter XII: Causes of Fanatical Enthusiasm in Some Americans
    • Chapter XIII: Causes of the Restless Spirit of Americans in the Midst of Their Prosperity
    • Chapter XIV: Taste for Physical Gratifications United in America to Love of Freedom and Attention to Public Affairs
    • Chapter XV: That Religious Belief Sometimes Turns the Thoughts of the Americans to Immaterial Pleasures
    • Chapter XVI: That Excessive Care of Worldly Welfare May Impair That Welfare
    • Chapter XVII: That in Times Marked by Equality of Conditions and Sceptical Opinions, It Is Important to Remove to a Distance the Objects of Human Actions
    • Chapter XVIII: That Amongst the Americans All Honest Callings Are Honorable
    • Chapter XIX: That Almost All the Americans Follow Industrial Callings
    • Chapter XX: That Aristocracy May Be Engendered by Manufactures

    Book Three: Influence of Democracy on Manners, Properly So Called


    • Chapter I: That Manners Are Softened as Social Conditions Become More Equal
    • Chapter II: That Democracy Renders the Habitual Intercourse of the Americans Simple and Easy
    • Chapter III: Why the Americans Show So Little Sensitiveness in Their Own Country, and Are So Sensitive in Europe
    • Chapter IV: Consequences of the Three Preceding Chapters
    • Chapter V: How Democracy Affects the Relation of Masters and Servants
    • Chapter VI: That Democratic Institutions and Manners Tend to Raise Rents and Shorten the Terms of Leases
    • Chapter VII: Influence of Democracy on Wages
    • Chapter VIII: Influence of Democracy on Kindred
    • Chapter IX: Education of Young Women in the United States
    • Chapter X: The Young Woman in the Character of a Wife
    • Chapter XI: That the Equality of Conditions Contributes to the Maintenance of Good Morals in America
    • Chapter XII: How the Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes
    • Chapter XIII: That the Principle of Equality Naturally Divides the Americans into a Number of Small Private Circles
    • Chapter XIV: Some Reflections on American Manners
    • Chapter XV: Of the Gravity of the Americans, and Why It Does Not Prevent Them from Often Committing Inconsiderate Actions
    • Chapter XVI: Why the National Vanity of the Americans Is More Restless and Captious Than That of the English
    • Chapter XVII: That the Aspect of Society in the United States Is at Once Excited and Monotonous
    • Chapter XVIII: Of Honor in the United States and in Democratic Communities
    • Chapter XIX: Why So Many Ambitious Men and So Little Lofty Ambition Are to Be Found in the United States
    • Chapter XX: The Trade of Place-Hunting in Certain Democratic Countries
    • Chapter XXI: Why Great Revolutions Will Become More Rare
    • Chapter XXII: Why Democratic Nations Are Naturally Desirous of Peace, and Democratic Armies of War
    • Chapter XXIII: Which Is the Most Warlike and Most Revolutionary Class in Democratic Armies?
    • Chapter XXIV: Causes Which Render Democratic Armies Weaker Than Other Armies at the Outset of a Campaign, and More Formidable in Protracted Warfare
    • Chapter XXV: Of Discipline in Democratic Armies
    • Chapter XXVI: Some Considerations On War in Democratic Communities

    Book Four: Influence of Democratic Opinions on Political Society


    • Chapter I: That Equality Naturally Gives Men a Taste for Free Institutions
    • Chapter II: That the Notions of Democratic Nations on Government Are Naturally Favorable to the Concentration of Power
    • Chapter III: That the Sentiments of Democratic Nations Accord with Their Opinions in Leading Them to Concentrate Political Power
    • Chapter IV: Of Certain Peculiar and Accidental Causes Which Either Lead a People to Complete Centralization of Government, or Which Divert Them from It
    • Chapter V: That Amongst the European Nations of Our Time the Power of Governments Is Increasing, Although the Persons Who Govern Are Less Stable
    • Chapter VI: What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear
    • Chapter VII: Continuation of the Preceding Chapters
    • Chapter VIII: General Survey of the Subject

    Appendix to Parts I. and II.