In 1831, a 25 year-old Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, trained as a lawyer, and preoccupied with democracy, came to the US to study this new political scheme. Alexis de Tocqueville and his traveling companion, Gustave de Beaumont, arrived at Newport, RI, in an America comprised, then, of 23 states and 13 million people. They stayed for nine months, and then returned to France at which time de Tocqueville began his epic poem entitled âDemocracy in America.â At a time then when slavery was an economic base in the South, and abolitionism was beginning to thrive in the North, America had three frontiers: geography, industry, and democracy. In this program of Radio Curious, weâll be talking with Alexis De Tocqueville, through the person of Chautauqua scholar, Dick Johnson.
Alexis de Tocqueville recommends âDemocracy in America,â by Alexis de Tocqueville.
Originally Broadcast: July 17, 1996
Barry Vogel, Esq. is the host and producer. Ignacio Ayala is the assistant producer.
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Alexis de Tocqueville/Dick Johnson â A Visit With Alexis de Tocqueville
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