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C Span: Retracing the Steps of Alexis De Tocqueville's 1831 Journey
Comprehensive, easily-navigated site with video, audio, and text which thoroughly describes Alexis de Tocqueville's journey through the United States in the 1830s and includes his seminal book, "Democracy in America."
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Elements of Democracy Pt. 113:de Tocqueville and Civil Society
Alexis de Tocqueville noticed something very unusual about Americans. Learn more on today's podcast.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Civic Engagement Pt. 4: Tocqueville and Voluntary Associations
On today's episode, we discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's impressions of voluntary associations in America. This episode originally aired in October 2011.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Freedom to Assemble Pt. 14: Tocqueville on Amer. Public Spirit
Discusses Tocqueville's views on the right to associate.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 7: Alexis De Tocqueville Ponders America
French historian Alexis de Tocqueville wondered how America could develop the civic virtue needed for successful self-government.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 8: Alexis De Tocqueville on Civic Virtue in Us
Alexis de Tocqueville saw the habits of good citizenship in small New England townships.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 9: Alexis De Tocqueville on Civic Virtue in Us
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about civic virtue in the United States, and how Americans realized that self-interest must be balanced with looking out for the common good.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Romanticism: Video: American Transcendentalism (I)
This video is a video lecture [1:15:55] entitled American Transcendentalism (I). It features discussions of Ralph Waldo Emerson; ontological individualism and the state of nature; Alexis de Tocqueville; Immanuel Kant; philosophical...