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Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.
Tocqueville by James T. Schleifer ’64
July 1, 2021
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(Medford, Mass.: Polity Press, 2018).
The author, emeritus dean of the library and professor of history at the College of New Rochelle, introduces the social and political theories of Alexis de Tocqueville, a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution. By examining essential themes — including Tocqueville’s long-overlooked economic ideas and social reform proposals — Schleifer “sheds fresh light on the enduring relevance of Tocqueville’s writings and why his reflections on democracy continue to be so pertinent, especially in these troubled times,” noted one reviewer.
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