“Democracy in America” by Alexis De Tocqueville
Words: 986 Pages: 3 4204Alexis de Tocqueville begins his volume with a detailed description of the geography of North America, with his focus on the “external form.” He speaks to the most important features of the region, the Rocky Mountains and the Alleghenies, as well as the Mississippi River and its valley. Tocqueville describes the scenes of the first Europeans landing on the shores of America, and how “grave, serious, and solemn: it seemed created to be the domain of intelligence.” The author waxes […]