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In Our Time

Tocqueville: Democracy in America

Duration: 51 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville and his study of the American democratic system, written as an example to France of how democracy might develop there. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Gildea
Interviewed Guest:
Susan-Mary Grant
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Jennings