Tocqueville Alexis de. Democracy in America / Transl. from French  V. P. Oleynik, E. P. Orlova, I. A. Malakhova, I. E. Ivanyan, B. N. Vorozhtsova; Preface Harold J. Lasky; Comm. V. T. Oleinik. - M.: Progress, 1992. - 554 p., 16 p. illus. Published with the assistance of the United States Information Agency (USIA) The book by the French statesman, historian and writer Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) is an outstanding work from a large number of those written by European travelers about America. It is a very complex fusion of travel writing, research, document, philosophical essay and journalism. The author comprehensively analyzes the objective conditions of existence, the state-political structure and the spiritual life of the United States of America, which literally before the eyes of Tocqueville’s generation was turning from the “outskirts of civilization”, from the semi-legendary New World into a real factor in European and world politics. Alexis de Tocqueville. BBK 63.3(7 USA)