The Old Regime and the Revolution Volume I: The Complete Text

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The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocquevilles great meditation on the origins and meanings of the French Revolution. One of the most profound and influential studies of this pivotal event it remains a relevant and stimulating discussion of the problem of preserving individual and political freedom in the modern world. Alan Kahans translation provides a faithful readable rendering of Tocquevilles last masterpiece and includes notes and variants which reveal Tocquevilles sources and include excerpts from his drafts and revisions. The introduction by Frances most eminent scholars of Tocqueville and the French Revolution Franoise Mlonio and the late Franois Furet provides a brilliant analysis of the work.