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Marx, Tocqueville, and race in America : the "absolute democracy" or "defiled republic" by Engels, Friedrich;Marx, Karl;Tocqueville, Alexis de;Nimtz, August H is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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While Alexis de Tocqueville described America as the 'absolute democracy,' Karl Marx saw the nation as a 'defiled republic' so long as it permitted the enslavement of blacks. In this insightful political history, Nimtz argues that Marx and his partner, Frederick Engels, had a far more acute and insightful reading of American democracy than Tocqueville because they recognized that the overthrow of slavery and the cessation of racial oppression were central to its realization. Nimtz's account cont

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Author

Engels, Friedrich;Marx, Karl;Tocqueville, Alexis de;Nimtz, August H

Publisher

Lexington Books/Fortress Academic

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780739106785

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Western, Social Science

Updated

2026-03-25