Tocqueville, Alexis de
Summary: Describes the unprecedented "equality of conditions" the author found in the United States during his visit in 1831-32, and provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 TOCPiketty, Thomas
Summary: "Thomas Piketty's bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2020