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Alexis de Tocqueville

DE MOC R AC Y
I N A M E R ICA
Historical-Critical Edition of
De la de´mocratie en Ame´rique

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Edited by Eduardo Nolla
Translated from the French by James T. Schleifer
a bilingual french-english edition
volume 2

Indianapolis

This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to
encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.

The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif
for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word
“freedom” (amagi ), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written
about 2300 b.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
English translation, translator’s note, index, ᭧ 2010 by Liberty Fund, Inc.
The French text on which this translation is based is De la de´mocratie en
Ame´rique, premie`re e´dition historico-critique revue et augmente´e. Edited by
Eduardo Nolla. Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin; 6, Place de la Sorbonne; Paris, 1990.
French edition reprinted by permission.
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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(Set)
(Vol. 1)
(Vol. 2)
(Vol. 3)
(Vol. 4)

Cloth ISBNs
978-0-86597-719-8
978-0-86597-720-4
978-0-86597-721-1
978-0-86597-722-8
978-0-86597-723-5

Paperback ISBNs
978-0-86597-724-2
978-0-86597-725-9
978-0-86597-726-6
978-0-86597-727-3
978-0-86597-728-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805–1859.
[De la de´mocratie en Ame´rique. English & French]
Democracy in America: historical-critical edition of De la de´mocratie en Ame´rique/Alexis
de Tocqueville; edited by Eduardo Nolla; translated from the French by James T. Schleifer.
p.
cm.
“A bilingual French-English edition.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-86597-719-8 (hc: alk. paper) isbn 978-0-86597-720-4 (hc: alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-86597-721-1 (hc: alk....

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