{"product_id":"recollections-the-french-revolution-of-1848-and-its-aftermath-paperback-1","title":"Recollections: The French Revolution of 1848 and Its Aftermath - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexis De Tocqueville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlivier Zunz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eArthur Goldhammer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville's \u003ci\u003eSouvenirs\u003c\/i\u003e was his extraordinarily lucid and trenchant analysis of the 1848 revolution in France. Despite its bravura passages and stylistic flourishes, however, it was not intended for publication. Written just before Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's 1851 coup prompted the great theorist of democracy to retire from political life, it was initially conceived simply as an exercise in candid personal reflection. In \u003ci\u003eRecollections: The French Revolution of 1848 and Its Aftermath, \u003c\/i\u003e renowned historian Olivier Zunz and award-winning translator Arthur Goldhammer offer an entirely new translation of Tocqueville's compelling book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book has an interesting publishing history. Yielding to pressure from friends, Tocqueville finally approved its publication, although only after those portrayed in the work--most, unflatteringly--had died. After Tocqueville's death, his grandnephew published a redacted version, but it was not until 1942 that French editors restored the potentially offensive passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldhammer's is the first English translation to do justice to Tocqueville's original uncensored masterpiece of analytical description, stylistic subtlety, vivid social panorama, and incisive critique of political blundering and cowardice. Zunz's introduction--and his addition of several of Tocqueville's ancillary speeches, occasional texts, and letters--round out a unique volume that significantly enhances our understanding of the revolutionary period and Tocqueville's role in it. In this new edition, Zunz highlights the persistent influence of the United States on the life and work of a man who tirelessly, albeit futilely, promoted the American model of government for the New French Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivier Zunz, Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia, is the author of \u003ci\u003ePhilanthropy in America: A History\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont in America: Their Friendship and Their Travels\u003c\/i\u003e (Virginia), among other books. Arthur Goldhammer, an affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University and a member of the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eFrench Politics, Culture, and Society, \u003c\/i\u003e has translated more than one hundred and twenty-five works from the French, including Tocqueville's \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ancien Régime and the French Revolution.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46735239872709,"sku":"9780813956206","price":72.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/WOPuHbPKgg9780813956206_02961923-de7f-4c74-80b3-1cad0f416095.webp?v=1786783941","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/recollections-the-french-revolution-of-1848-and-its-aftermath-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}