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"Over one hundred and fifty years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Democracy in America is the classic treatise on the American way of life that he wrote as a result of his visit." "Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of the majority rule -- which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of...
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America experienced unprecedented expansion and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. Historian David S. Reynolds illuminates the period's political story as well as the social and cultural movements that influenced it. He casts fresh light on Andrew Jackson, who redefined the presidency, along with John Quincy Adams and James K. Polk, who expanded the nation's territory and strengthened its position internationally. Waking Giant captures the...
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Professor Cook leads you on an engaging and energetic discussion on Alexis de Tocqueville, his journey, his writing of Democracy in America and, most of all, his thoughts on the young nation he was observing. For Tocqueville, it seems, had opinions about almost everything he encountered in America, and not exclusively politics and "classical" issues such as the nature of the judiciary and the role of freedom of the press.
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Magic tree house fact trackers volume 11
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[2004]
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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents a picture of life in colonial America and reviews the causes and major events of the American Revolution.
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1995
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Describes the reform efforts made in the decades prior to the American Civil War, discussing the individuals who worked to establish the nation's free public schools, prisons, and hospitals, and examining the conditions and motivations that led to these reforms.
17) Colonial women
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2003
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IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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This book introduces the different skills and often difficult lives of women on the farm, in business, and on the plantation as the owner's wife or as a slave in colonial America.
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[1997]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes various aspects of the lives of women and girls during the nineteenth century, including their lack of educational opportunities, restrictive clothing, pastimes, courtship and marriage, and limited employment prospects.