Democracy in America — Volume 2

by Alexis de Tocqueville

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Contents

1. De Tocqueville's Preface To The Second Part
2. Chapter I: Philosophical Method Among the Americans
3. Chapter II: Of The Principal Source Of Belief Among Democratic Nations
4. Chapter III: Why The Americans Display More Readiness And More Taste For General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, The English
5. Chapter IV: Why The Americans Have Never Been So Eager As The French For General Ideas In Political Matters
6. Chapter V: Of The Manner In Which Religion In The United States Avails Itself Of Democratic Tendencies
7. Chapter VI: Of The Progress Of Roman Catholicism In The United States
8. Chapter VII: Of The Cause Of A Leaning To Pantheism Amongst Democratic Nations
9. Chapter VIII: The Principle Of Equality Suggests To The Americans The Idea Of The Indefinite Perfectibility Of Man
10. Chapter IX: The Example Of The Americans Does Not Prove That A Democratic People Can Have No Aptitude And No Taste For Science, Literature, Or Art
11. Chapter X: Why The Americans Are More Addicted To Practical Than To Theoretical Science
12. Chapter XI: Of The Spirit In Which The Americans Cultivate The Arts
13. Chapter XII: Why The Americans Raise Some Monuments So Insignificant, And Others So Important
14. Chapter XIII: Literary Characteristics Of Democratic Ages
15. Chapter XIV: The Trade Of Literature
16. Chapter XV: The Study Of Greek And Latin Literature Peculiarly Useful In Democratic Communities
17. Chapter XVI: The Effect Of Democracy On Language
18. Chapter XVII: Of Some Of The Sources Of Poetry Amongst Democratic Nations
19. Chapter XVIII: Of The Inflated Style Of American Writers And Orators
20. Chapter XIX: Some Observations On The Drama Amongst Democratic Nations
21. Chapter XX: Characteristics Of Historians In Democratic Ages
22. Chapter XXI: Of Parliamentary Eloquence In The United States
23. Chapter I: Why Democratic Nations Show A More Ardent And Enduring Love Of Equality Than Of Liberty
24. Chapter II: Of Individualism In Democratic Countries
25. Chapter III: Individualism Stronger At The Close Of A Democratic Revolution Than At Other Periods
26. Chapter IV: That The Americans Combat The Effects Of Individualism By Free Institutions
27. Chapter V: Of The Use Which The Americans Make Of Public Associations In Civil Life
28. Chapter VI: Of The Relation Between Public Associations And Newspapers
29. Chapter VII: Connection Of Civil And Political Associations
30. Chapter VIII: The Americans Combat Individualism By The Principle Of Interest Rightly Understood
31. Chapter IX: That The Americans Apply The Principle Of Interest Rightly Understood To Religious Matters
32. Chapter X: Of The Taste For Physical Well-Being In America
33. Chapter XI: Peculiar Effects Of The Love Of Physical Gratifications In Democratic Ages
34. Chapter XII: Causes Of Fanatical Enthusiasm In Some Americans
35. Chapter XIII: Causes Of The Restless Spirit Of Americans In The Midst Of Their Prosperity
36. Chapter XIV: Taste For Physical Gratifications United In America To Love Of Freedom And Attention To Public Affairs
37. Chapter XV: That Religious Belief Sometimes Turns The Thoughts Of The Americans To Immaterial Pleasures
38. Chapter XVI: That Excessive Care Of Worldly Welfare May Impair That Welfare
39. Chapter XVII: That In Times Marked By Equality Of Conditions And Sceptical Opinions, It Is Important To Remove To A Distance The Objects Of Human Actions
40. Chapter XVIII: That Amongst The Americans All Honest Callings Are Honorable
41. Chapter XIX: That Almost All The Americans Follow Industrial Callings
42. Chapter XX: That Aristocracy May Be Engendered By Manufactures
43. Chapter I: That Manners Are Softened As Social Conditions Become More Equal
44. Chapter II: That Democracy Renders The Habitual Intercourse Of The Americans Simple And Easy
45. Chapter III: Why The Americans Show So Little Sensitiveness In Their Own Country, And Are So Sensitive In Europe
46. Chapter IV: Consequences Of The Three Preceding Chapters
47. Chapter V: How Democracy Affects the Relation Of Masters And Servants
48. Chapter VI: That Democratic Institutions And Manners Tend To Raise Rents And Shorten The Terms Of Leases
49. Chapter VII: Influence Of Democracy On Wages
50. Chapter VIII: Influence Of Democracy On Kindred
51. Chapter IX: Education Of Young Women In The United States
52. Chapter X: The Young Woman In The Character Of A Wife
53. Chapter XI: That The Equality Of Conditions Contributes To The Maintenance Of Good Morals In America
54. Chapter XII: How The Americans Understand The Equality Of The Sexes
55. Chapter XIII: That The Principle Of Equality Naturally Divides The Americans Into A Number Of Small Private Circles
56. Chapter XIV: Some Reflections On American Manners
57. Chapter XV: Of The Gravity Of The Americans, And Why It Does Not Prevent Them From Often Committing Inconsiderate Actions
58. Chapter XVI: Why The National Vanity Of The Americans Is More Restless And Captious Than That Of The English
59. Chapter XVII: That The Aspect Of Society In The United States Is At Once Excited And Monotonous
60. Chapter XVIII: Of Honor In The United States And In Democratic Communities
61. Chapter XIX: Why So Many Ambitious Men And So Little Lofty Ambition Are To Be Found In The United States
62. Chapter XX: The Trade Of Place-Hunting In Certain Democratic Countries
63. Chapter XXI: Why Great Revolutions Will Become More Rare
64. Chapter XXII: Why Democratic Nations Are Naturally Desirous Of Peace, And Democratic Armies Of War
65. Chapter XXIII: Which Is The Most Warlike And Most Revolutionary Class In Democratic Armies?
66. Chapter XXIV: Causes Which Render Democratic Armies Weaker Than Other Armies At The Outset Of A Campaign, And More Formidable In Protracted Warfare
67. Chapter XXV: Of Discipline In Democratic Armies
68. Chapter XXVI: Some Considerations On War In Democratic Communities
69. Chapter I: That Equality Naturally Gives Men A Taste For Free Institutions
70. Chapter II: That The Notions Of Democratic Nations On Government Are Naturally Favorable To The Concentration Of Power
71. Chapter III: That The Sentiments Of Democratic Nations Accord With Their Opinions In Leading Them To Concentrate Political Power
72. Chapter IV: Of Certain Peculiar And Accidental Causes Which Either Lead A People To Complete Centralization Of Government, Or Which Divert Them From It
73. Chapter V: That Amongst The European Nations Of Our Time The Power Of Governments Is Increasing, Although The Persons Who Govern Are Less Stable
74. Chapter VI: What Sort Of Despotism Democratic Nations Have To Fear
75. Chapter VII: Continuation Of The Preceding Chapters
76. Chapter VIII: General Survey Of The Subject
77. Appendix A
78. Appendix B
79. Appendix C
80. Appendix D
81. Appendix E
82. Appendix F
83. Appendix G
84. Appendix H
85. Appendix I
86. Appendix K
87. Appendix L
88. Appendix M
89. Appendix N
90. Appendix O
91. Appendix P
92. Appendix Q
93. Appendix R
94. Appendix S
95. Appendix T
96. Appendix U
97. Appendix V
98. Appendix W
99. Appendix X
100. Appendix Y
101. Appendix Z
102. Constitution Of The United States Of America
103. Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members of
104. Section 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed
105. Section 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for
106. Section 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns
107. Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation
108. Section 7. All Bills for Raising Revenue shall originate in the House of
109. Section 8. The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes,
110. Section 9. The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the
111. Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or
112. Section 1. The Executive Power shall be vested in a President of the
113. Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and
114. Section 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information
115. Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in
116. Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all cases, in Law and
117. Section 3. Treason against the United States shall consist only in
118. Section 2. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
119. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;
120. Article V
121. Article VI
122. Article VII
123. Bill Of Rights

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