This class is simply a syllabus-style guide to reading through the most insightful portions of Democracy in America. Each reading assignment of about 23 pages is followed by a multiple choice quiz. You must either purchase the book (recomended), or utilize an online version (Example: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html), since the text is not provided in the lesson itself.

This directed reading is based on the 2002 paperback translation by Harvey Mansfield, published by The University of Chicago Press (see picture on right). ISBN number: 0-226-80532-8.

We have divided the Democracy in America into 6 lessons. Each lesson provides students with the opportunity to study the thoughts and predictions of Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville concerning a young America.