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Democracy in America

American  
[dih-mok-ruh-see in uh-mer-i-kuh] / dɪˈmɒk rə si ɪn əˈmɛr ɪ kə /

noun

  1. French Démocracie en Amérique.  a study (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville of American political institutions.


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As the academics Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens detailed in their exhaustive 2017 study "Democracy in America?":

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2020

There is a copy of the influential, Democracy in America, by the French political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville, who inscribed volumes three and four - published in 1840 - "in friendship" to "John Mill".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2018

He feared what he called, in the second volume of his masterwork, Democracy in America, an “aristocracy created by business”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2016

Alexis de Tocqueville made similar observations about the unique character of the citizenry in "Democracy in America" in 1835.

From US News • Jan. 11, 2016

Alexis de Tocqueville is famous for his seminal book Democracy in America, but what is less well known is his original purpose in coming to the United States.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover