Table Of Contents:
PART I TOCQUEVILLE BEFORE AMERICA 3(98)

1 An Aristocratic Family during the Revolution 3(10)

2 The Career of Comte Herve de Tocqueville 13(24)

3 The Family Milieu 37(19)

4 Education and Emancipation 56(17)

5 Versailles and the 1830 Revolution 73(15)

6 The Departure for America 88(13)
PART II FROM AMERICA TO THE DEMOCRACY 101(178)

7 America: The Beginning of the Visit 101(18)

8 The Frontier and the Great Lakes 119(15)

9 Canadian Interlude 134(14)

10 From Boston to Baltimore 148(16)

11 Through the West and South 164(14)

12 The Return to France and the Systeme Penitentiaire 178(16)

13 The First Democracy 194(30)

14 From the First Democracy to the Second 224(27)

15 The Second Democracy 251(28)
PART III THE DEPUTY FROM VALOGNES 279(128)

16 The Start of a Political Career 279(18)

17 Early Days in the Chamber 297(19)

18 Algeria 316(27)

19 Opposition to the Government and the Question of "Liberty of Teaching" (1842-1846) 343(27)

20 Tocqueville in Private Life 370(16)

21 From Le Commerce to the "Young Left" 386(21)
PART IV TOCQUEVILLE AND THE SECOND REPUBLIC 407(58)

22 The Revolution of 1848 407(20)

23 Minister of Foreign Affairs 427(22)

24 The End of the Republic 449(16)
PART V INTERNAL EXILE 465(69)

25 Tocqueville and the Second Empire 465(16)

26 L'Ancien Regime et la Revolution 481(27)

27 The Aftermath of L'Ancien Regime 508(13)

28 Cannes 521(13)
Epilogue 534(3)
Bibliographical Note 537(2)
Index 539