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Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805–59)

John Scott and Gordon Marshall

in A Dictionary of Sociology

Third edition

Published in print January 2009 | ISBN: 9780199533008
Published online January 2009 | e-ISBN: 9780191726842
Tocqueville, Alexis de (1805–59)

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(1805–59)

An early French sociologist who travelled to the United States between 1831 and 1832 to observe democracy

Reference Entry.  222 words. 

Subjects: sociology

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