No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville.
Yet Tocqueville himself remains a mystery behind.
Ever since, this book has been the best source for every serious attempt to understand America and democracy itself.
After meeting with Americans on extensive travels in the United States, and intense study of documents and authorities, he authored the landmark Democracy in America, publishing its two volumes in 1835 and 1840.
No one has ever described American democracy with more accurate insight or more profoundly than Alexis de Tocqueville