An interdisciplinary collection of historical and comparative articles on civil society and the social capital debate.

This collection of essays by French and American historians testifies to the enduring importance of Alexis de Tocqueville's The Old Regime and the French Revolu

Alexis de Tocqueville famously wrote about democracy in America, but he also lauded Catholic society in Quebec, feared the nationalism he saw in Germany, and co

Tocqueville on America after 1840 provides access to Tocqueville's views on American politics from 1840 to 1859, revealing his shift in thinking and growing dis

Offers an examination of American institutions and the fabric of American life. Doubting whether the American experiment in equality could work, the author conj