Travels with Tocqueville Beyond America, Hardback/***

Alexis de Tocqueville famously wrote about democracy in America, but he also lauded Catholic society in Quebec, feared the nationalism he saw in Germany, and controversially defended French colonization of Algeria. Jeremy Jennings traces Tocqueville's lesser-known travels, recovering the wider insights of one of history's great political thinkers. Publisher: Harvard University Press Illustration(s): 11 illus. Number of pages: 544 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 242 x 165 x 43 Cover type: Hardback