Tocqueville on America after 1840: Letters and Other Writings [Paperback]

Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to Tocqueville's views on American politics from 1840 to 1859, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.Following the publication of the second volume of Democracy in America in 1840 until his death in 1859, Alexis de Tocqueville continued to monitor American political developments, expressing his thoughts through letters, articles, and speeches. Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to this neglected part of Tocquevilles work, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.Following the publication of the second volume of Democracy in America in 1840 until his death in 1859, Alexis de Tocqueville continued to monitor American political developments, expressing his thoughts through letters, articles, and speeches. Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to this neglected part of Tocquevilles work, revealing his shift in thinking and growing disenchantment with America.Alexis de Tocquevilles Democracy in America has been recognized as an indispensable starting point for understanding American politics. From the publication of the second volume in 1840 until his death in 1859, Tocqueville continued to monitor political developments in America and committed many of his thoughts to paper in letters to his friends in America. He also made frequent references to America in many articles and speeches. Did Tocqueville change his views on America outlined in the two volumes of Democracy in America published in 1835 and 1840? If so, which of his views changed and why? The texts translated in Tocqueville on America after 1840: Letters and Other Writings answer these questions and offer English-speaking readers the possibility of familiarizing themselves with this unduly neglected part of Tocquevilles work. The book points out a clear shift in emphasis especially after 1852 and documents Tocquevilles growing disenchantment with America, triggered lcC