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Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)
by Alexis de Tocqueville

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Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
Editor: Isaac Kramnick
Introduction: Isaac Kramnick
Translator: Gerald Bevan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-01
ISBN: 0140447601
Number of pages: 992
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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  • ISBN13: 9780140447606
  • Condition: New
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Book Review: #10 A snapshot of capitalism in practice that is unknown today!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book by the preeminent historian and sociologists of his time, is a very good description of capitalism working in America during the time when it was in full swing when we were closest to actual laissez faire capitalism the mid 1800s.

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