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    1. Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de (1805–1859)

      Goodwin, J.

      The New Palgrave Dictionary Of Economics, pp. 13711 - 13713.

      Alexis de Tocqueville was born at Verneuil, in Normandy, France, on 29 July 1805. In 1831 he journeyed to the United States with his friend Gustave de Beaumont to study the American penal system. H... Read more

      Alexis de Tocqueville was born at Verneuil, in Normandy, France, on 29 July 1805. In 1831 he journeyed to the United States with his friend Gustave de Beaumont to study the American penal system. He then wrote Democracy in America, the first volume of which appeared in 1835, the second in 1840. Tocqueville was a member of the French Chamber of Deputies and served briefly as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the republic established after the Revolution of 1848. The events of this period are recounted in his Recollections (1893). Tocqueville was among those arrested during the coup d’état of Louis Napoleon on 2 December 1851, and he subsequently retired from public life. Tocqueville devoted his last years to a major study of the French Revolution, although he completed only the first volume before his death. This appeared as The Old Régime and the French Revolution in 1856. He died at Cannes on 16 April 1859. Read less

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    2. Michel Chevalier and the Saint-Simonian legacy: Early roots of modern cross-national comparative... 2014

      Kittler, Juraj

      The International Communication Gazette, Vol. 76, Issue 3, pp. 296 - 315.

      Michel Chevalier (1806–1879) and Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) were two French contemporaries who on separate assignments travelled through North America on behalf of their government and conse... Read more

      Michel Chevalier (1806–1879) and Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859) were two French contemporaries who on separate assignments travelled through North America on behalf of their government and consequently published their observations. Despite the fact that Chevalier’s analysis of the Jacksonian United States seems philosophically more consistent and theoretically better funded, in the course of the twentieth century it was almost completely overshadowed by Tocqueville’s legacy. Furthermore, Chevalier’s primary focus on communication/transportation systems makes him a unique source for scholars interested in the history of communication research. By pointing out some of the most interesting empirical observations and philosophical reflections that epitomize Chevalier’s intellectual heritage, this essay attempts to put a spotlight on his often ignored, yet pivotal position among the early nineteenth-century founders of modern social research, especially his contribution to the field of cross-national comparative communication research. Read less

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    3. Heroes and Villains: an Algerian Review of Tocqueville and Emir Abd al-Qadir 2011

      Boutaleb, Chamyl

      Review Of Middle East Studies (Tucson, Ariz.), Vol. 45, Issue 1, pp. 44 - 49.

      The history of Algeria’s colonization by France is closely linked to resistance (from 1832 to 1847) led by the Algerian hero Emir Abd al-Qadir (1808–1883), and to the ideology of the French agent A... Read more

      The history of Algeria’s colonization by France is closely linked to resistance (from 1832 to 1847) led by the Algerian hero Emir Abd al-Qadir (1808–1883), and to the ideology of the French agent Alexis de Tocqueville concerning the means by which France could dominate the country. The colonization of Algeria divided the French political sphere into three approaches: Those who demanded the retreat of French troops, those calling for a limited occupation, and finally those in favour of extending domination and the colonization of the occupied territories. Among the last, let us highlight the chief advocate, Marechal Guizot, and his military accomplices (generals Cavaignac, Pelissier, Saint-Arnaud, Montagnac, and others led by general Bugeaud). Working with them was Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), a fervent defender of colonization at any cost. He was to be their ideologist, a theoretician of colonialism who would legitimize French expansion in Algeria. Read less

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    Books & Media

    1. Alexis de Tocqueville's journey in Ireland, July-August, 1835

      translated and edited by Emmet Larkin.

      Online Resources DA975 .T63 1990 ebook | Book

    2. Correspondence and conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior, from 1834...

      Edited by M. C. M. Simpson.

      Hill DC255 .T6 A3 1968 | Book

    3. The recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville

      translated by Alexander Teixeira de Marros, ed., with many additions and intr...

      Hunt DC270 .T652 | Book

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