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Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville



Democracy in America By Alexis de Tocqueville

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Table of Contents

Book One

Special Introduction By Hon. John T. Morgan

Special Introduction By Hon. John J. Ingalls

Introductory Chapter

Exterior Form Of North America

Origin Of The Anglo–Americans, And Its Importance In Relation To Their Future Condition.

The Striking Characteristic Of The Social Condition Of The Anglo–Americans In Its Essential Democracy.

The Principle Of The Sovereignty Of The People In America

Necessity Of Examining The Condition Of The States Before That Of The Union At Large.

Judicial Power In The United States And Its Influence On Political Society.

Political Jurisdiction In The United States

The Federal Constitution

Why The People May Strictly Be Said To Govern In The United States

Parties In The United States

Liberty Of The Press In The United States

Political Associations In The United States

Government Of The Democracy In America

What The Real Advantages Are Which American Society Derives From The Government Of The Democracy

Unlimited Power Of The Majority In The United States, And Its Consequences

Causes Mitigating Tyranny In The United States

Principal Causes Which Tend To Maintain The Democratic Republic In The United States

The Present And Probable Future Condition Of The Three Races Which Inhabit The Territory Of The United States

Book Two: Influence Of Democracy On Progress Of Opinion In the United States.

De Tocqueville’s Preface To The Second Part

Influence of Democracy on the Action of Intellect in The United States.

Philosophical Method Among the Americans

Of The Principal Source Of Belief Among Democratic Nations

Why The Americans Display More Readiness And More Taste For General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, The English.

Why The Americans Have Never Been So Eager As The French For General Ideas In Political Matters

Of The Manner In Which Religion In The United States Avails Itself Of Democratic Tendencies

Of The Progress Of Roman Catholicism In The United States

Of The Cause Of A Leaning To Pantheism Amongst Democratic Nations

The Principle Of Equality Suggests To The Americans The Idea Of The Indefinite Perfectibility Of Man

Why The Americans Are More Addicted To Practical Than To Theoretical Science

Of The Spirit In Which The Americans Cultivate The Arts

Why The Americans Raise Some Monuments So Insignificant, And Others So Important

Literary Characteristics Of Democratic Ages

The Trade Of Literature

The Study Of Greek And Latin Literature Peculiarly Useful In Democratic Communities

The Effect Of Democracy On Language

Of Some Of The Sources Of Poetry Amongst Democratic Nations

Of The Inflated Style Of American Writers And Orators

Some Observations On The Drama Amongst Democratic Nations

Characteristics Of Historians In Democratic Ages

Of Parliamentary Eloquence In The United States

Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of Americans

Why Democratic Nations Show A More Ardent And Enduring Love Of Equality Than Of Liberty

Of Individualism In Democratic Countries

Individualism Stronger At The Close Of A Democratic Revolution Than At Other Periods

That The Americans Combat The Effects Of Individualism By Free Institutions

Of The Use Which The Americans Make Of Public Associations In Civil Life

Of The Relation Between Public Associations And Newspapers

Connection Of Civil And Political Associations

The Americans Combat Individualism By The Principle Of Interest Rightly Understood

That The Americans Apply The Principle Of Interest Rightly Understood To Religious Matters

Of The Taste For Physical Well–Being In America

Peculiar Effects Of The Love Of Physical Gratifications In Democratic Ages

Causes Of Fanatical Enthusiasm In Some Americans

Causes Of The Restless Spirit Of Americans In The Midst Of Their Prosperity

Taste For Physical Gratifications United In America To Love Of Freedom And Attention To Public Affairs

That Religious Belief Sometimes Turns The Thoughts Of The Americans To Immaterial Pleasures

That Excessive Care Of Worldly Welfare May Impair That Welfare

That Amongst The Americans All Honest Callings Are Honorable

That Almost All The Americans Follow Industrial Callings

That Aristocracy May Be Engendered By Manufactures

Book Three: Influence Of Democracy On Manners, Properly So Called

That Manners Are Softened As Social Conditions Become More Equal

That Democracy Renders The Habitual Intercourse Of The Americans Simple And Easy

Why The Americans Show So Little Sensitiveness In Their Own Country, And Are So Sensitive In Europe

Consequences Of The Three Preceding Chapters

How Democracy Affects the Relation Of Masters And Servants

That Democratic Institutions And Manners Tend To Raise Rents And Shorten The Terms Of Leases

Influence Of Democracy On Wages

Influence Of Democracy On Kindred

Education Of Young Women In The United States

The Young Woman In The Character Of A Wife

That The Equality Of Conditions Contributes To The Maintenance Of Good Morals In America

How The Americans Understand The Equality Of The Sexes

That The Principle Of Equality Naturally Divides The Americans Into A Number Of Small Private Circles

Some Reflections On American Manners

Of The Gravity Of The Americans, And Why It Does Not Prevent Them From Often Committing Inconsiderate Actions

Why The National Vanity Of The Americans Is More Restless And Captious Than That Of The English

That The Aspect Of Society In The United States Is At Once Excited And Monotonous

Of Honor In The United States And In Democratic Communities

Why So Many Ambitious Men And So Little Lofty Ambition Are To Be Found In The United States

The Trade Of Place–Hunting In Certain Democratic Countries

Why Great Revolutions Will Become More Rare

Why Democratic Nations Are Naturally Desirous Of Peace, And Democratic Armies Of War

Which Is The Most Warlike And Most Revolutionary Class In Democratic Armies?

Of Discipline In Democratic Armies

Some Considerations On War In Democratic Communities

Book Four: Influence Of Democratic Opinions On Political Society

That Equality Naturally Gives Men A Taste For Free Institutions

That The Notions Of Democratic Nations On Government Are Naturally Favorable To The Concentration Of Power

That The Sentiments Of Democratic Nations Accord With Their Opinions In Leading Them To Concentrate Political Power

What Sort Of Despotism Democratic Nations Have To Fear

Continuation Of The Preceding Chapters

General Survey Of The Subject

Constitution Of The United States Of America

Bill of Rights

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