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245 00 Tocqueville : |bthe Ancien Régime and the French Revolution / |ctransl. by Arthur Goldhammer; edited with an introduction by Jon Elster.
260    Cambridge : |bCambridge University Press, |c2011.
300    XXXII, 280 p. ; |c23 cm.
490 1  Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  • Introduction Jon Elster • Foreword • Book I • Book II • Book III.
520 3  This translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable. Tocqueville's subtlety of style and profundity of thought offer a challenge to readers as well as to translators. As both a Tocqueville scholar and an award-winning translator, Arthur Goldhammer is uniquely qualified for the task. In his Introduction, Jon Elster draws on his recent work to lay out the structure of Tocqueville' argument. Readers will appreciate The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution for its sense of irony as well as tragedy, for its deep insights into political psychology and for its impassioned defense of liberty.
700 1  Elster, Jon |d1940-
700 1  Goldhammer, Arthur.
830  0 Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
856 40  |yTable of contents |uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/18912/toc/9780521718912_toc.pdf