The Old Regime and the Revolution - Alexis de Tocqueville

The Old Regime and the Revolution

By Alexis de Tocqueville

  • Release Date: 2012-01-25
  • Genre: Economics

Description

A profound and elegantly written investigation into the true causes of the French Revolution, this masterpiece by Alexis de Tocqueville remains as lively, counter-intuitive and memorable as on its first publication.

Originally a bestseller simultaneously in France and Britain, today it sits at the top of book charts in China, and is beloved by historians and journalists as one of the most penetrating and creative analyses of an event that changed the face of the world.

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