Institute of Intellectual History
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Jeremy Jennings - Travels with Alexis de Tocqueville
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Jeremy Jennings - Travels with Alexis de Tocqueville

Professor Jeremy Jennings (QMUL) on Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America

Demoracy in America' by Alexis de Tocqueville is possibly the most famous book about America, but what did Tocqueville see when he visited America and how did his visit influence his writing? In this lecture, Jeremy Jennings seeks to answer both of these questions and to cast light on how other French authors saw America in the nineteenth century.

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