Tocqueville and Beyond

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Tocqueville and Beyond is written by Robert M. Schwartz and published by University of Delaware Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0874138302 (ISBN 10) and 9780874138306 (ISBN 13).

This collection of essays by French and American historians testifies to the enduring importance of Alexis de Tocqueville's The Old Regime and the French Revolution, first published in 1856. Highly original in its day and now recognized as a classic, The Old Regime has since the 1970s stimulated considerable research and improved our understanding of the French Old Regime. Tocqueville and Beyond joins this trend to offer both an appreciation and critique of Tocqueville's remarkable book. From the wide-ranging perspectives of privileged nobles, men of letters, rural life, and the evolution of centralization and liberty in France as well as the Dutch Republic, these essays attest to the continuing significance of Tocqueville's classic study.