Alexis de Tocqueville - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexis Charles-Henri-Maurice Clérel, Viscount de Tocqueville (/ˈtoʊkvɪl, ˈtɒk-/;[4] French: [alɛgzi də tɔkvil]; 29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French diplomat, political scientist and historian. He was best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856).
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Boucaud-Victoire, Kévin (2017). La guerre des gauches. Editions du Cerf.
- ↑ Véricour, Louis Raymond (1848). Modern French Literature. Gould, Kendall and Lincoln. p. 104.
- ↑ Lakoff, Sandoff (1998). "Tocqueville, Burke, and the Origins of Liberal Conservatism". The Review of Politics. 60(3): 435–464. doi:10.1017/S003467050002742X
- ↑ "Tocqueville". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.