Tocqueville’s introduction

Week 7:

Introduction (Tocqueville’s introduction in Vol. 1, not the editor’s introduction)

Vol 1. Pt. 1, ch 2: “The Point of Departure and Its Importance for the Future of the Anglo-Americans”

Vol 1. Pt. 1, ch 3 (only the section titled “Political Consequences of the SocialState of the Anglo Americans, which is the last page of the chapter)

Vol 1. Pt. 1, ch 5: “The Necessity of Studying What Happens within the Particular States before Discussing the Government of the Union”

Vol 1. Pt. 1, ch 8: “The Federal Constitution”

Vol. 2, Pt. 2, ch 7: “Relationships between Civil and Political Associations”

Week 8:

Vol 1, Pt. 2, ch 6: “What Are the Real Advantages that American Society derives from Democratic Government”

Vol 1, Pt. 2, ch. 7: “The Omnipotence of the Majority in the United States and Its Effects”

Vol 1, Pt. 2, ch 8 (the first two pages, which is the section titled “Absence of Administrative Centralization”)

Vol 2, Pt 2, ch 2: “Individualism in Democratic Countries”

Vol 2, Pt 2, ch 4: “How the Americans Combat Individualism by Free Institutions”

Vol 2, Pt 2, ch 5: “The Use that the Americans Make of the Association in Civil Life”

Vol 2, Pt 2, ch 8: “How the Americans Apply the Doctrine of Interest Rightly Understood”

Vol 2, Pt 4, ch. 6: “What Kind of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear”

Vol 2, Pt 4, ch. 7: “Continuation of the Preceding Chapter”