{"product_id":"9780760752302","title":"Democracy in America (Barnes \u0026 Noble Library of Essential Reading)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten nearly 170 years ago, \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful display of insight and foresight into all things   American. Doubting whether the American experiment in equality could work,   Tocqueville conjectured that democracy would erect a society that would succumb   to a different type of tyranny than that of a monarchy or aristocracy - that of   the majority. Through detailed interviews with “the most informed men” he could   meet, he offers an examination of American institutions and the fabric of   American life.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) worked first as a magistrate and then as a government administrator. Because he fell out of political favor due to his perceived Bourbon sympathies during the July Revolution, he was required to fund his nine-month visit to America himself, even though he was ostensibly coming to complete a survey of the American penal system on behalf of the French government. When Tocqueville arrived in America in May of 1831 he was far more interested in his own questions about America’s political future, and \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of extensive   personal research on the subject.\u0026lt;%END%\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010678997232,"sku":"9780760752302","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780760752302_p0.jpg?v=1763797161","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780760752302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}