The Two Tocquevilles, Father and Son: Herve and Alexis de Tocqueville on the Coming of the French Revolution

by Princeton University Press

Overview

The distinguished historian R. R. Palmer compares the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and his father. Count Herve de Tocqueville. on the causes of the French Revolution of 1789.

Originally published in 1987.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691609775
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	07/14/2014
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #492
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. vii
• Introduction by the Editor/Translator, pg. 1
• Herve de Tocqueville. Excerpts from Survey of the Reign of Louis XVI, pg. 39
• Alexis de Tocqueville. Chapters and Notes for His Unfinished Book on the French Revolution (mostly 1857), pg. 145
• Alexis de Tocqueville. Excerpts from His Correspondence Concerning the Writing of His Unfinished Book (1856-1858), pg. 225
• Glossary, pg. 245
• Index, pg. 249