In 1831, a French aristocrat named Alexis de Tocqueville arrived in America and spent several years traveling and studying life in the communities of the new nation.

He produced a book called Democracy in America, which Harvard professor of government Harvey Mansfield calls “at once the best book ever written on democracy and the best book ever written on America.”

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