The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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... American rural life . His Letters from an American Farmer ( 1782 ) and other works provide insights into the struggles of the frontier husbandman and thoughtfully describe and evaluate the American social scene . Crevecoeur was born ...
... American rural life . His Letters from an American Farmer ( 1782 ) and other works provide insights into the struggles of the frontier husbandman and thoughtfully describe and evaluate the American social scene . Crevecoeur was born ...
Page 692
... American institutions that had yet ap- peared , a judgment that still stands . Tocqueville in America . In 1831 Tocqueville , a minor civil servant , was sent by the French gov- ernment to the United States to report on prison ...
... American institutions that had yet ap- peared , a judgment that still stands . Tocqueville in America . In 1831 Tocqueville , a minor civil servant , was sent by the French gov- ernment to the United States to report on prison ...
Page 693
... American political scene by lawyers , and he de- scribed , in terms that are still relevant , the aris- tocracy of the robe . Defects and Merits . Democracy in America is not without its defects - defects both numerous and profound ...
... American political scene by lawyers , and he de- scribed , in terms that are still relevant , the aris- tocracy of the robe . Defects and Merits . Democracy in America is not without its defects - defects both numerous and profound ...
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Social | 8 |
CORPORATION The corporation is the dominant | 56 |
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