{"product_id":"tocquevilles-discovery-of-america","title":"Tocqueville's Discovery of America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTocqueville’s Discovery of America\u003c\/em\u003e by Leo Damrosch is a vivid historical study of Alexis de Tocqueville’s nine-month journey through the United States in 1831–32, the experience that helped shape his classic work \u003cem\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/em\u003e. Rather than treating Tocqueville only as a famous political thinker, Damrosch presents him as a young observer encountering a rapidly changing nation with curiosity, intelligence, and fresh eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough Tocqueville’s travels, letters, conversations, and reflections, the book brings Jacksonian America to life, showing both the energy and promise of American democracy and its troubling contradictions. Tocqueville admired the country’s dynamism and egalitarian ideals, while also recognizing the dangers of materialism and the deep moral crisis of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA strong choice for readers interested in American history, political thought, democracy, biography, and nineteenth-century travel writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leo Damrosch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53190783303977,"sku":"532598B","price":9.75,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9435\/7545\/files\/9780374532598.jpg?v=1779124219","url":"https:\/\/thebookstore.ca\/products\/tocquevilles-discovery-of-america","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}