Democracy in America, Volume 2

What it's about

Tocqueville's second volume turns from institutions to manners: individualism, associations, religion, the family and the soft despotism a democratic people might choose for itself.

Who it's for

- Readers who finished Volume 1 - Anyone thinking about civil society and democratic culture - Students of political philosophy

What’s inside

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   Chapter I: Philosophical Method Among the Americans

   9 min
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   Chapter II: Of The Principal Source Of Belief Among Democratic Nations

   8 min
3. 3

   Chapter III: Why The Americans Display More Readiness And More Taste For

   9 min
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   Chapter IV: Why The Americans Have Never Been So Eager As The French For

   2 min
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   Chapter V: Of The Manner In Which Religion In The United States Avails

   16 min
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   Chapter VI: Of The Progress Of Roman Catholicism In The United States

   2 min
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   Chapter VII: Of The Cause Of A Leaning To Pantheism Amongst Democratic

   2 min
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   Chapter VIII: The Principle Of Equality Suggests To The Americans The

   3 min
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   Chapter IX: The Example Of The Americans Does Not Prove That A

   10 min
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    Chapter X: Why The Americans Are More Addicted To Practical Than To

    13 min
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    Chapter XI: Of The Spirit In Which The Americans Cultivate The Arts

    9 min
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    Chapter XII: Why The Americans Raise Some Monuments So Insignificant,

    3 min
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    Chapter XIII: Literary Characteristics Of Democratic Ages

    10 min
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    Chapter XIV: The Trade Of Literature

    1 min
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    Chapter XV: The Study Of Greek And Latin Literature Peculiarly Useful In

    3 min
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    Chapter XVI: The Effect Of Democracy On Language

    12 min
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    Chapter XVII: Of Some Of The Sources Of Poetry Amongst Democratic

    11 min
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    Chapter XVIII: Of The Inflated Style Of American Writers And Orators

    2 min
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    Chapter XIX: Some Observations On The Drama Amongst Democratic Nations

    9 min
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    Chapter XX: Characteristics Of Historians In Democratic Ages

    7 min
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    Chapter XXI: Of Parliamentary Eloquence In The United States

    8 min
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    Chapter I: Why Democratic Nations Show A More Ardent And Enduring Love

    7 min
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    Chapter II: Of Individualism In Democratic Countries

    4 min
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    Chapter III: Individualism Stronger At The Close Of A Democratic

    2 min

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