Tocqueville : the Ancien Regime and the French Revolution / / translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; edited with an introduction by Jon Elster.
"This new translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is unique...
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| Superior document: | Cambridge texts in the history of political thought |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English French |
| Series: | Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 280 p. |
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| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Ancien regime et la Revolution. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Tocqueville |h [electronic resource] : |b the Ancien Regime and the French Revolution / |c translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; edited with an introduction by Jon Elster. |
| 246 | 1 | 4 | |a De Tocqueville |
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| 260 | |a Cambridge ; |a New York : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a xxxii, 280 p. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Cambridge texts in the history of political thought | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "This new translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is uniquely qualified for the task. In his Introduction, Jon Elster draws on his recent work to lay out the structure of Tocqueville's argument. Readers will appreciate The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution for its sense of irony as well as tragedy, for its deep insights into political psychology, and for its impassioned defense of liberty"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
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