Historical Figure
Alexis de Tocqueville
d. 1859
French diplomat, political philosopher and historian (1805–1859)
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Death
1859 April 16, 1859 →Biography
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville, was a French diplomat, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science.
Timeline
en París se publica el primer volumen de la obra De la démocratie en Amérique (‘acerca de la democracia en Estados Unidos’), de Alexis de Tocqueville. Con este libro se inaugura la ciencia política comparada.
January 23 →Der französische Publizist und Historiker Alexis de Tocqueville veröffentlicht den zweiten Band seines Hauptwerkes De la démocratie en Amérique (Über die Demokratie in Amerika).
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