Democracy in America and narrow escapes

and narrow escapes

abolished slavery

true and false tables

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Democracy in America and narrow escapesIn the early 19th century, a French sociologist and political scientist undertook a seven month journey throughout the newly formed United States. Alexis de Tocqueville surveyed the young nation's religious, political, and economic character and reported his findings in two volumes, published in 1835 and 1840. Two centuries later, Democracy in America remains among the most astute and influential surveys of American politics and society. de