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Tocqueville: A Very Short Introduction uncovers the man behind the landmark Democracy in America a book still considered one of the best sources for anyone trying to understand American democracy.
Tocqueville was a liberal and a thinker whose life’s experiences — his aristocratic ancestry, his ventures in politics, and his voyages abroad — shaped his writings.
His work expressed his passion for political liberty and insistence on human greatness.
He opposed abstraction and theory, and his emphasis on the practice of self-government in America was a reflection of his hopes and fears for America, and his disappointment with his native France.