Democracy in America Volume 1 Author:Alexis de Tocqueville "Democracy in American speaks to our condition, while we are in the midst of war and even now searching for stable foundation for our future and the world's, as freshly as when it was written just over a century ago. Then as now, new forces were at work within a society on both sides of the Atlantic: our nation, hardly less than the peoples of t... more »he older European states, was reappraising its ideals and institutions. What Tocqueville saw and foresaw then about the values and the hazards of the democratic way of life is as pertinent for our enlightenment today as in the 1840's. His unique work has long been out of print and difficult to obtain: it is 40 years since it was last issued in theis country. The present is not inopportune time to bring Democracy in American again into circulation- as a guide and inspiration for the task ahead."« less