For 10 points, name this important work of political theory, written in 1835 by Alexis de Tocqueville about the form of government in the U.S.
Kurt Vonnegut derided anyone who had not read this work as a "twerp." It prophesied the rise of Russia in addition to celebrating the separation of church and state, and it was written as a result of a year-long trip that its author and a colleague took at the behest of their government to study the American prison system.  It famously warns of the dangers of a tyranny of the majority, or the "despotism" of the titular entity.  For 10 points, name this important work of political theory, written in 1835 by Alexis de Tocqueville about the form of government in the U.S.
Kurt Vonnegut derided anyone who had not read this work as a "twerp.
{Democracy} in America