Tocqueville on american character : why Tocqueville's brilliant exploration of the american spirit is as vital and important today as it was nearly two hundred years ago /
Ledeen, Michael Arthur.
Tocqueville on american character : why Tocqueville's brilliant exploration of the american spirit is as vital and important today as it was nearly two hundred years ago / Michael A. Ledeen. - New York : Truman Talley Books; St. Martin's Griffin Edition, 2001. - 229 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index.
Restless people inspired by ideas, forever heades for new frontiers-- Dynamic people driven by internal conflicts-- Religious faith anchored by secular institutions-- Rugged individualists with a genius for cooperation-- Isolationists called to international leadership-- Apostles of freedom tempted by luxurious tyranny.
0312252315(hc) 9780312252311(hc) 0312284667 (pbk) 9780312284669 (pbk)
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 --Political and social views.
National characteristics, american.
Folkkaraktèar--Fèorenta staterna.
United States--Civilization.
002 E 169.1 / L473t 2001
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Tocqueville on american character : why Tocqueville's brilliant exploration of the american spirit is as vital and important today as it was nearly two hundred years ago / Michael A. Ledeen. - New York : Truman Talley Books; St. Martin's Griffin Edition, 2001. - 229 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index.
Restless people inspired by ideas, forever heades for new frontiers-- Dynamic people driven by internal conflicts-- Religious faith anchored by secular institutions-- Rugged individualists with a genius for cooperation-- Isolationists called to international leadership-- Apostles of freedom tempted by luxurious tyranny.
0312252315(hc) 9780312252311(hc) 0312284667 (pbk) 9780312284669 (pbk)
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 --Political and social views.
National characteristics, american.
Folkkaraktèar--Fèorenta staterna.
United States--Civilization.
002 E 169.1 / L473t 2001
973