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Democracy in America

16 episodes · 1962 · NBC · Historical

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A 1962 NBC series of fourteen half hours dramatizing Alexis de Tocqueville's 1831 journey through America and his book about it, made with the Fund for Adult Education and New York University.

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1962

• Preview Show 1 January 10, 1962 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Preview Show 2 January 16, 1962 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Where Could I Be Better Off? January 17, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  The first of fourteen dramatizations from Alexis de Tocqueville's 1831 tour of America: a look at Jacksonian America.
• The Governor in the Boarding House January 24, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on American equality.
• The 4th of July in Albany, 1831 January 31, 1962 · NBC · 28 min
  Tocqueville on American independence, at the Fourth of July in Albany, 1831.
• The Arc of Civilization February 7, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on the American character.
• Any Woman Is a Lady February 14, 1962 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• The Cement of Democracy February 21, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on religion in America.
• The Cold Water Army February 28, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on American progress.
• The Heavenly Prison March 7, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on American reform.
• The Tyranny of the Majority March 14, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on freedom and the tyranny of the majority.
• Common Sense and Moonshine March 21, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on American education.
• The Chief Instrument of Freedom March 28, 1962 · NBC · 28 min
  Tocqueville on the American press.
• The Aristocrats of Democracy April 4, 1962 · NBC · 29 min
  Tocqueville on law and lawyers in America.
• The Happy Republic April 11, 1962 · NBC · 28 min
  Tocqueville on American values.
• These Precious Premises April 18, 1962 · NBC · 28 min
  The last show: Tocqueville on political optimism.