Audio Recording Democracy in America a symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of its publication.

Title

• Democracy in America a symposium celebrating the 150th anniversary of its publication.

Names

• Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.
• Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
• Tocqueville Society.
• Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• 1985.

Contents

• The intellectual origins of Tocqueville's thought / François Furet -- Tocqueville and his conception of a "new liberalism" / François Bourricaud -- Commentary / Henri Mendras, Olivier Zunz -- Evening session welcome and introduction / Daniel J. Boorstin -- The current relevance of Democracy in America / Theodore Caplow -- Commentary / Jacques Barzun.

Headings

• -  Tocqueville, Alexis de,--1805-1859.--De la démocratie en Amérique--Congresses
• -  United States--Politics and government--1783-1865--Congresses
• -  United States--Social conditions--To 1865--Congresses
• -  Democracy--Congresses

Notes

• -  Recorded in two sessions, Oct. 8, 1985, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
• -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., in cooperation with La Société Tocqueville/the Tocqueville Society.
• -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
• -  Sound cassette playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1985. 2 sound cassettes : analog.

Medium

• 4 sound tape reels (ca. 240 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program notes.

Call Number/Physical Location

• JK216
• RWB 1576-1579
• RYB 5750-RYB 5751 (sound cassette playback copy)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 89741353

Online Format

• audio

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/89741353

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