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Tocqueville

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Tocque·ville  (tkvl, tk-, tôk-vl), Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de 1805-1859.
French politician, traveler, and historian. After touring the United States (1831-1832), he wrote Democracy in America (1835), a widely influential study of American institutions.
Tocqueville [ˈtəʊkvɪl ˈtɒk- (French) tɔkvil]
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(Biographies / Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de (1805-1859) M, French, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: political writer) Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de (alɛksi ʃarl ɑ̃ri mɔris klerɛl də). 1805-59, French politician and political writer. His chief works are De la Démocratie en Amérique (1835-40) and L'Ancien régime et la révolution (1856)
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Noun1.Tocqueville - French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)
Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville, Alexis de Tocqueville
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I do believe, if my brother could have got back to France, he would have written a book on America, which, while it overlooked many vices and foibles that deserve to be cut up without mercy, would have thrown even de Tocqueville into the shade in the way of political blunders.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
 
 
 
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