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Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville, detail of an oil painting by T. Chassériau; in the Versailles Museum.
Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States for nine months during 1831 and 1832, accompanied by Gustave de Beaumont.1
During this trip, he conducted the observations and research that would lead to his seminal work, Democracy in America, in which he analyzed the nature of American society and the implications of equality for democracy and individualism.1