Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in America in 1831 originally to study prison reform. The young French liberal instead produced two volumes which still constitute the most insightful evaluations of the infant American Republic and its emerging political culture.
De Tocqueville was a brilliant observer of America and its people as they built a functioning democracy resting heavily on the notion of equality (for white men).
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Stephen Loosley is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
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