Democracy in America

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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Democracy, Liberty, Equality -- II. Interest Rightly Understood -- III. Race -- Volume I -- Author's Introduction -- Chapter I: Exterior Form of North America -- Chapter II: Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and Importance of This Origin in Relation to Their Future Condition -- Chapter III: Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans -- The Striking Characteristic of the Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans Is Its Essential Democracy -- Chapter IV: The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America -- Chapter V: Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States before that of the Union at Large -- The American System of Townships -- Limits of the Township -- Powers of the Township in New England -- Spirit of the Townships of New England -- The Administration of Government in New England -- General Remarks on the Administration in the United States -- Political Effects of Decentralized Administration in the United States -- Chapter VI: Judicial Power in the United States, and Its Influence on Political Society -- Other Powers Granted to American Judges -- Chapter VII: Political Jurisdiction in the United States -- Chapter VIII: The Federal Constitution -- Summary of the Federal Constitution -- Powers of the Federal Government -- In What Respects the Federal Constitution Is Superior to that of the States -- Advantages of the Federal System in General, and Its Special Utility in America -- Chapter IX: How It Can Be Strictly Said that the People Govern in the United States -- Chapter X: Parties in the United States -- Chapter XI: Liberty of the Press in the United States -- Chapter XII: Political Associations in the United States -- Chapter XIII: Government of the Democracy in America -- Universal Suffrage.

This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments--including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful Introduction offer aids to the understanding of a masterpiece of nineteenth-century social thought that continues in our own day to illuminate debates about the roles of liberty and equality in American life.

This new abridged translation of Democracy in America reflects the rich Tocqueville scholarship of the past forty years, and restores chapters central to Tocqueville's analysis absent from previous abridgments--including his discussions of enlightened self-interest and the public's influence on ethical standards. Judicious notes and a thoughtful Introduction offer aids to the understanding of a masterpiece of nineteenth-century social thought that continues in our own day to illuminate debates about the roles of liberty and equality in American life