These essays explore important themes and contemporary legacies of Alexis de Tocqueville's classic work Democracy in America.

The Cambridge Companion to Tocqueville contains a set of critical interpretive essays by internationally renowned scholars on the work of Alexis de Tocqueville.

This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and co

Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont, traveled the breadth of America to inquire into the future of French society as revolutionary upheaval gave way t

An accessible introduction to the life and work of Jefferson aimed at students of American history and literature.