Ep. 63 Olivier Zunz, "The Man Who Understood Democracy"
Ep. 63 Olivier Zunz, "The Man Who Understood Democracy"  
Podcast: Booknotes+
Published On: Tue May 24 2022
Description: Professor Olivier Zunz has been a professor of history at the University of Virginia since 1979. He was born and raised in France and received his Ph.D. from Pantheon Sorbonne University in Paris in 1977. Alexis de Tocqueville (TOKE-vihl) was also a Frenchman. At 25, Tocqueville traveled throughout the United States for nine months and recorded his experiences in the well-known 1835 book "Democracy in America." Professor Zunz has just published the newest book on Tocqueville titled "The Man Who Understood Democracy."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices