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Individual Choice and the Structures of History: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised - Softcover

Mitchell, Harvey

 
9780521024150: Individual Choice and the Structures of History: Alexis de Tocqueville as Historian Reappraised
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521024153 ISBN 13: 9780521024150
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Alexis de Tocqueville is recognized as one of the most important nineteenth-century historians. In this perceptive study, Harvey Mitchell examines afresh Tocqueville's works, including the Souvenirs of 1848 and his voluminous correspondence, to shed new light on his philosophy of history. Tocqueville's concern with historical forces and individual choice emerge as central to his work. Professor Mitchell reveals in Tocqueville a unity of thought and a deep involvement with the philosophical questions raised by historical continuity and change.

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Review

"...an elegantly erudite reappraisal of Tocqueville as a historian....Mitchell provides an enticing introduction to Tocqueville....we can be grateful to historians like Mitchell." The Vancouver Sun

"This book is based on a wide and sensitive reading of the primary and secondary literature. Recommended for all university libraries." Choice

"This is an important contribution to the expanding universe of Tocqueville scholarship. Harvey Mitchell has seized upon a major dilemma in the study of Tocqueville...Mitchell is at his very best." American Historical Review

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521024153
ISBN 13 
9780521024150
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
308