{"product_id":"9780631215462","title":"The Tocqueville Reader A Life in Letters and Politics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Tocqueville Reader\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Life in Letters and Politics\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOlivier Zunz | Alan S. Kahan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ United States \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tocqueville Reader\u003c\/i\u003e includes not only Tocqueville's major writing but also travel letters, conversations with ministers and politicians, and diary entries not originally intended for the public. It includes twenty-nine pieces never before translated into English, and a wide-ranging editorial introduction that gives an account of Tocqueville's life as a politician and inspirations as a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eOlivier Zunz\u003c\/b\u003e is Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia and president of the Tocqueville Society. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Face of Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), \u003ci\u003eMaking America Corporate\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), and \u003ci\u003eWhy the American Century?\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eReliving the Past\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Landscape of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e (1992) and \u003ci\u003eSocial Contracts under Stress\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan S. Kahan\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Florida International University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAristocratic Liberalism, The Social and Political Thought of Jacob Burckhardt, John Stuart Mill, and Alexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/i\u003e (1992, 2001), and the translator of Tocqueville's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Regime and the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (vol. 1: 1998, vol. 2: 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 October 2002\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631215462\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e380\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352071499916,"sku":"9780631215462","price":51.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631215462_b444ae5f-8e47-4b2f-a515-577497dbccab.jpg?v=1780194659","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631215462","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}