Alexis De Tocqueville

副标题: Democracy's Guide

ISBN: 9780061768880

出版社: Harper Perennial

出版年: 2009-11-3

页数: 224

定价: USD 13.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Alexis de Tocqueville was among the first foreigners to recognize and trumpet the grandness of the American project. His two-volume classic, Democracy in America , published in 1835, offered not only a vivid account of the still young nation but famously predicted what the nation would become, and firmly established his place in U.S. history. Yet in his own time, Tocqueville had little evidence for the truth of his ideas. Introspective, sickly, prone to self-doubt, he was a most unlikely visionary. In wry, elegant prose, Joseph Epstein, America's most versatile essayist, offers an engaging and altogether human portrait of the Frenchman who would become an American icon.

作者简介

约瑟夫?艾普斯坦（Joseph Epstein），美国作家、文化批评家，西北大学文学教授，《美国学者》杂志资深编辑。著有：散文集《熟悉的领域——美国生活观察》、《似是而非的偏见——美国文学随笔》，短篇小说集《高尔丁的男孩们》、《惊人的小犹太佬》，以及2002《纽约时报书评》年度畅销图书《势利：当代美国上流社会解读》等。

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