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	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Biography of Alexis de Tocqueville
		Alexis de Tocqueville was born in Paris on July 29, 1805.
		Tocqueville's father was a royalist prefect from Normandy who supported the Bourbon monarchy, his great-grandfather was a liberal aristocrat killed in the French Revolution, and his mother was a devout Roman Catholic who strongly advocated a return on the Old Regime.
		During this period Tocqueville began to have increasingly liberal sympathies as a result of his belief that the decline of the aristocracy was inevitable.
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		Quotations, books, correspondence from the works of Alexis de Tocqueville.
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	The Classical Library - Alexis de Tocqueville (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (July 29, 1805—April 16, 1859) was was born in Verneuil-sur-Seine (Île-de-France) and died in Cannes.
		Tocqueville, who was fascinated by American politics, wrote an analytical political and social treatise, Democracy in America, which became the far more influential work.
		Tocqueville correctly anticipates the potential of the debate over the abolition of slavery to tear apart the United States (as it indeed did in the American Civil War).
	www.classicallibrary.org /tocqueville/index.htm (341 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville
		Tocqueville's letters show that he foresaw what strides the Church was destined to made in America and likewise the dogmatic nothingness which would result from Unitarianism and the absurdities of Illuminism.
		Two publications resulted from this journey; the collective work of two friends published under the title "Du système pénitentiaire aux Etats-Unis et de son Application en France"; the second, Tocqueville's personal work, is the celebrated book "La démocratie en Amérique", of which the first volume appeared in 1835 and the second in 1840.
		Tocqueville's memoirs of the Republic of 1848 were published in 1893, his correspondence with Gorbineau in 1908
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/t/tocqueville,alexis_de.html (441 words)

	In Search of Tocqueville's Democracy in America
		Tocqueville is buried in the village of Tocqueville near Normandy.
		Tocqueville came from an aristocratic background and he had a private tutor, the abbe Lesueur, until high school and then attended high school and college in Metz.
		Tocqueville actively engages in debates in the Chamber of Deputies on issues such as the slave trade, Algerian colonization and reforms and the question of succession after Louis-Phillipe's death, in which he favors an elective regency.
	www.tocqueville.org /chap1.htm (1831 words)

	ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
		Alexis de Tocqueville was born in Paris on July 29, 1805.
		Tocqueville’s background and experiences played an important role in his ideas on democracy and his theories on crime and punishment.
		Tocqueville observed when the penitentiary system was applied in the extreme, the effects of absolute solitary confinement could be devastating.
	www.criminology.fsu.edu /crimtheory/tocqueville.htm (3895 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville, America, United States, History, Democracy, lesson plan, classroom, resource
		Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont, both minor French court officials, had been sent by their government to study new experimental prisons in America.
		De Tocqueville's relentless curiosity urged him to probe into every area of American culture, but it was the American people that interested him the most.
		De Tocqueville marveled, and also worried, about a society where social class did not seem to matter and everyone expected to be treated the same.
	www.crf-usa.org /election_central/de_tocqueville_ameria.htm (2258 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - Alexis de Tocqueville
		French author Alexis de Tocqueville is often described as the most acute foreign observer, in the 19th century but also today, of American society and culture through his book, “La Démocratie en Amérique” (“Democracy in America”).
		Born on July 29, 1805, in Paris to Hervé-Bonaventure Clérel de Tocqueville, a descendant of a noble Norman family, and Louise-Madeleine Le Peletier de Rosanbo, granddaughter of Malesherbes and sister-in-law of Chateaubriand, Alexis de Tocqueville spent his childhood in Verneuil studying under the private tutelage of the Abbé Lesueur.
		Tocqueville was elected deputy from Valognes in 1839.
	www.ambafrance-us.org /atoz/tocqueville.asp (944 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville: How People Gain Liberty and Lose It \| The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas ...
		Tocqueville was the man who discovered American individualism—he described it somewhat negatively as “a mature and calm feeling which disposes each member of the community to sever himself from the mass of his fellow-creatures, and to draw apart with his family and friends.” Yet he talked approvingly about self-help, a hallmark of American individualism.
		Tocqueville explained what people everywhere came to recognize as the American dream: “There is no man who cannot reasonably expect to attain the amenities of life, for each knows that, given love of work, his future is certain.
		Tocqueville warned against war and violent revolution: “it is chiefly in war that nations desire, and frequently need, to increase the powers of the central government.
	www.fee.org /publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3955 (3412 words)

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		Throughout, Tocqueville consistently defended the French imperial project, a position that stands in tension with his admiration for the benefits of democracy he witnessed in America.
		Tocqueville's father was a royalist prefect from Normandy who supported the Bourbon monarchy, his great-grandfather was a liberal aristocrat killed in the French Revolution, and his mother was a devout Roman Catholic who strongly advocated a return on the Old Regime.
		Tocqueville's father's appointments as prefect of different towns meant that he lived away from the family for much of Tocqueville's early life.
	www.lycos.com /info/alexis-de-tocqueville.html (471 words)

	Excerpt from Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy's Guide by Joseph Epstein
		Hervé and Louise de Tocqueville watched as uncles, aunts, and cousins went off to "the Barber," as the guillotine was called, and themselves escaped owing to the luck of docket scheduling and the timely (for them) fall from power of Robespierre, who was himself guillotined on July 28, 1794.
		Alexis de Tocqueville, in his many reflections on the ancien régime (the time before the French Revolution), made special note of the aristocrats who gave up all the once traditional leader-ship responsibilities of their class, keeping and enjoying only the privileges and finally the empty pretensions of aristocratic standing.
		Hervé de Tocqueville was the author of A Philosophical History of the Reign of Louis XV and of a Survey of the Reign of Louis XV as well as of a volume of memoirs.
	www.harpercollins.com /books/9780060598983/Alexis_de_Tocqueville/excerpt.aspx (1063 words)

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		Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like.
		De Tocqueville went on to observe that Americans naturally formed groups when they wanted to hold a celebration, found a church, build a school, distribute books or do almost anything else.
		The political function of social capital in a modern democracy was best elucidated by Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America, who used the phrase the "art of association" to describe Americans' propensity for civil association.
	www.lycos.com /info/alexis-de-tocqueville--america.html (572 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville Speaks - Chapter 5 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Tocqueville's time, handwritten letters from one member to another and public newspapers with wide circulation were the principal forms of association communications.
		Tocqueville was intrigued and amazed at the numbers and diversity of publications in the United States, their freedom, and the apparent relationship between newspapers and associations.
		If Tocqueville were here today to observe the state of associations and "the press," he would find clear distinctions between what we call 'the mass media" and the special interest press of associations.
	www.carusogroup.com /ts/ts5.html (873 words)

	Encéphi - Alexis de Tocqueville
		De fait, marqué par les ruptures créées par la Révolution française au sein de sa société, il cherche à en comprendre les origines par l'étude d'une société ayant vécu une telle révolution tout en évitant ses ruptures.
		Toute l'œuvre de Tocqueville repose sur la foi qu'il a pour le progrès de l'égalité des conditions entre les êtres humains.
		De plus, Tocqueville croit que c'est dans l'individualisme que la démocratie brise la chaîne communautaire et met chaque anneau à part, tandis que le retrait de la sphère publique au profit de la sphère privée laisserait tout le terrain à l'État, qui deviendra rapidement envahissant, pour s'assurer le maintien de cette égalité.
	www.cvm.qc.ca /encephi/contenu/philoso/tocqueville.htm (1497 words)

	History Today: The educational archive of articles, news and study aids for teachers, students and enthusiasts - Alexis ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tocqueville, no enemy of fame, would welcome the care and application shown by Mansfield and Winthrop in providing a renewed means of access to his ideas.
		Tocqueville’s faith in ‘moderate, yet steadfast efforts’, as opposed to grand political and philosophical projects, is seen as the best approach in forestalling the evils of exaggerated individualism, the chief of which seems to be creeping statism.
		Clark portrayed Tocqueville’s all too eloquent repudiation of compulsion and coercion as having had a fatal legacy, democratic governments having endangered their people in the 1930s by not being forceful enough in suppressing or opposing fascism.
	www.historytoday.com /dm_getArticle.asp?gid=14249 (816 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville - {{ᏏᏖᎾᎺ}} (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tocqueville ᎤᏤᎵ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗ ᎢᎬᏁᏗ, ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᎭ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ ᏭᏪᏙᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏰᎸᏅ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏛ ᏓᎪᎵᏰᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎾᏂᎥᏇ ᎤᎾᏠᏯᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎪᎵᏍᏗᏱ ᎪᎯᏊ ᎢᏴ ᏥᎩ ᏴᏩᏁᎬ ᎥᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᎤᎾᏖᎳᏛᎩ ᏓᎾᎵᏃᎮᏍᎬ ᎬᏩᏚᏫᏛ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏁᎳᏅ ᎤᏬᏢᏅ atogiyadv ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏙᏢᎯ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏧᎵᎬᏩᎳᏅᎯ.
		Tocqueville asserted Ꮎ ᎯᎠ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗᎢ Ꮎ ᎠᏰᎲ triumphed ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏴᏢ ᎠᎴ ᎨᏒᎩ ᎡᏙᎠ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎤᎦᎾᏭ ᎠᏰᎲ ᎤᎴᏅᎲ ᎤᎦᎾᏭ ᎠᎦᏴᎵ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᏧᏂᎧᎿᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᏓᏟᏏᏍᎬ ᏗᏓᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
		Tocqueville, ᎦᎪ ᎠᏲᎠᏎᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎫᏰᏉᏂ ᏓᎳᏏᏛ (1830-1848), ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏅ Ꮎ ᏓᏄᏩ ᎠᎴ ᎦᎷᎯᏍᏗ ᏯᏓᎢᏗᏏ "ᏅᎠᏓᏁᏗ ᎬᎾᏕᎾ ᎠᏢᏉᏛ, threatened, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏅ, ᎾᎥᎢ "ᎯᎠ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎢᎦᏘ ᎦᏓᏆᎵ ᎠᎾᏓᏟᏏᏍᎬ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ" ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏚᎾᎵᎪᏒ.
	www.wikigadugi.org /wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville (3361 words)

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		Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), trained as a lawyer and magistrate, made his name when, in 1835, he published his famous essay, Democracy in America.
		The admired friend of men such as J. Mill, Tocqueville was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1839 and to the French Academy in 1841, and came to be regarded as an outstanding man, liberal but detached.
		And so the Monarchy of July was fallen, fallen without a struggle, and before rather than beneath the blows of the victors, who were as astonished at their triumph as were G the vanquished at their defeat, I have often, since the Revolution of February, heard Mr.
	www.cooper.edu /humanities/core/hss3/Tocqueville.html (2080 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville
		Alexis de Tocqueville's keen analysis has proved prescient in predicting the behavior of the American political animal.
		Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" is must reading for any student of American History, Character, Economics or Politics.
		Tocqueville on American Character : Why Tocqueville's Brilliant Exploration of the American Spirit Is As Vital and Important Today As It Was Nearly Two-Hundred Year Ago, by Michael A. Ledeen.
	www.conservativebookstore.com /ytocqueville.shtml (322 words)

	La Prensa - Opinion - Alexis de Tocqueville fue quien predijo la historia
		Ese poder, según Tocqueville, se “asemeja a la autoridad paterna” y trata de mantener a la ciudadanía en “un infantilismo perpetuo”, al relevar a la gente de “tener que pensar y de todas las preocupaciones de la vida”.
		Tocqueville vio que asociaciones ayudaban a la joven república Americana a limitar al gobierno, a través de inculcar virtudes requeridas por la gente libre.
		Tocqueville sabía que es la cultura la que eventualmente determina si la sociedad es libre o servil.
	www.laprensa.com.ni /archivo/2005/junio/12/opinion/opinion-20050612-03.html (824 words)

	Amazon.ca: Democracy in America: Books: Alexis De Tocqueville (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat, came to the young nation to investigate the functioning of American democracy and the social, political, and economic life of its citizens, publishing his observations in 1835 and 1840.
		De Tocqueville comes to see that Americans are the most broadly educated and politically advanced people in the world and one of the reasons for the success of our form of government.
		De Tocqueville also saw the insidious damage that the institution of slavery was causing the country and predicted some 30 years before the Civil War that slavery would probable cause the states to fragment from the union.
	www.amazon.ca /Democracy-America-Alexis-Tocqueville/dp/0679431349 (2021 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville Summary
		The French statesman and writer Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was the author of "Democracy in America," the first classic commentary on American government written by a foreigner.
		Politician and author Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), who was born in the village of Tocqueville in France on July 29 and died on April 16, is best known for his two politically minded books, Democracy in America (1835–1840) and The Old...
		Tocqueville observed that its emphasis on freedom and equality made America great; thus it made sense to him that a democratic government, in which all citizens have a say in the decision-making process, governed America.
	www.bookrags.com /Alexis_de_Tocqueville (512 words)

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		Tocqueville thought the search for equality would ultimately draw people away from freedom, but to the contrary, the demand of equality is the ultimate guarantee of freedom in democracy.
		Tocqueville writes, "The New Englander is attached to this township because it is strong and independent...in the restricted sphere within his scope, he learns to rule society" (p70) As one learns to rule, he will also be empowered and emboldened to start prosperous private enterprises.
		Tocqueville certainly deserves much credit for contributing to the spread of democracy with this masterpiece Democracy in America, but the small blemish is that, a little down in his perhaps prejudiced aristocratic mind, the great man thought Democracy to be less versatile than it has proven to be.
	www.amazon.com /Democracy-America-Alexis-Tocqueville/dp/0060915226 (3708 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville à Green Bay
		Tocquevile a recherche le système pénitentiaire, mais il a aussi vu beaucoup d'éléments de son monde démocratique en Amérique.
		Tocqueville a écrit tout ce qu'il a vu dans un journal, et il a transformé son journal au livre célèbre, De la Démocratie en Amérique.
		Tocqueville a passé beaucoup de temps à New York, à Boston, et à Philadelphia pour étudier le système pénitentiaire afin de plaire à Louis Philippe.
	www.uwgb.edu /wisfrench/study/research/tocque.htm (949 words)

	Alexis de Tocqueville
		Tocqueville believed that the problem of democracies involved their inherent tendency to lose concern for the freedom and virtue that had been hallmarks of an aristocratic age.
		Tocqueville found that, despite his personal belief in equality, he discovered few if any white Americans who were willing to live side by side with Indians or African-Americans.
		Tocqueville was chosen by the California Council for the Humanities as the keynote speaker for a series of statewide meetings to invoke the "National Conversation" about our identity and diversity as a people.
	www.csupomona.edu /~rljohnson/Professional/toc.html (1631 words)

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