Tocqueville, a biography

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CONTENTS PART I TOCQUEVILLE BEFORE AMERICA 1 / An Aristocratic Family during the Revolution 2 / The Career of Comte Hervé de Tocqueville 3 / The Family Milieu 4 / Education and Emancipation 5 / Versailles and the 1830 Revolution 6 / The Departure for America PART II FROM AMERICA TO THE DEMOCRACY 7 / America: The Beginning of the Visit 8 / The Frontier and the Great Lakes 9 / Canadian Interlude 10 / From Boston to Baltimore 11 / Through the West and South 12 / The Return to France and the Système Pénitentiaire 13 / The First Democracy 14 / From the First Democracy to the Second 15 / The Second Democracy PART III THE DEPUTY FROM VALOGNES 16 / The Start of a Political Career 17 / Early Days in the Chamber 18 / Algeria 19 / Opposition to the Government and the Question of “Liberty of Teaching” (1842–1846) 20 / Tocqueville in Private Life 21 / From Le Commerce to the “Young Left” PART IV TOCQUEVILLE AND THE SECOND REPUBLIC 22 / The Revolution of 1848 23 / Minister of Foreign Affairs 24 / The End of the Republic PART V INTERNAL EXILE 25 / Tocqueville and the Second Empire 26 / L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution 27 / The Aftermath of L’Ancien Régime 28 / Cannes Epilogue Bibliographical Note Index