For 10 points, name this French author who wrote Democracy in America.
This author's best-known collaborator wrote a novel in which Ludovic lives as a hermit on the frontier after pursuing a forbidden mixed-race romance with the title woman, Marie. This man wrote of a sailor's remark that ships should be built to last for a short time because of technological advance, which reflects the belief that humans can be perfected indefinitely. This man wrote that state control of everyday affairs eventually results in what has been termed (*) "soft despotism." In his best-known book, this man wrote that the title institution's instability is worsened by the "omnipotence of the majority." This man joined Gustave de Beaumont on an 1831 to 1832 trip to study a foreign prison system. For 10 points, name this French author who wrote Democracy in America.
This author's best-known collaborator wrote a novel in which Ludovic lives as a hermit on the frontier after pursuing a forbidden mixed-race romance with the title woman, Marie.
Alexis de Tocqueville [Alexis Charles-Henri-Maurice ClÃ©rel de Tocqueville] 