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《论美国的民主》这本书是世界学术界第一部对美国社会、政治制度和民情进行社会学研究的著作，也是第一部论述民主制度的专著，19世纪最著名的社会学著作之一。上卷的第一部分讲述美国的政治制度，第二部分对美国的民主进行社会学的分析。下卷分四个部分，以美国为背景发挥其政治哲学和政治社会学思想

亚历克西•德•托克维尔(1805—1859)，法国历史学家、社会学家。出身贵族世家，经历过五个“朝代”。早期热心于政治，1838年出任众议院议员，1848年二月革命后参与制订第二共和国宪法，1849年出任外交部长。 1851年路易•波拿巴建立第二帝国，托克维尔对政治日益失望，逐渐淡出政治舞台，并意识到自己“擅长思想胜于行动”。主要代表作有《论美国的民主》、《旧制度与大革命》

Volume 1上卷导读Introductory Chapter Chapter I Exterior Form of North AmericaChapter Ⅱ Origin of the Anglo-AmericansChapter Ⅲ Social Conditions of the Anglo-AmericansChapter Ⅳ The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in AmericaChapter Ⅴ Necessity of Examining the Condition of the StatesChapter Ⅵ Judicial Power in the United StatesChapter Ⅶ Political Jurisdiction in the United StatesChapter Ⅷ The Federal Constitution Chapter Ⅸ Why the People May Strictly Be Said to Govern in the United StatesChapter Ⅹ Parties in the United StatesChapter Ⅺ Liberty of the Press in the United StatesChapter Ⅻ Political Associations in the United StatesChapter ⅫⅠ Government of the Democracy in AmericaChapter ⅩⅣ Advantages American Society Derive from Democracy Chapter ⅩⅤ Unlimited Power of Majority, and Its ConsequencesChapter ⅩⅥ Causes Mitigating Tyranny in the United StatesChapter ⅩⅦ Principal Causes Maintaining the Democratic RepublicChapter ⅩⅧ Future Condition of Three Races in the United StatesConclusion Volume 2下卷导读De Tocqueville’s Praface to the Second VolumeBook One　Influence of Democracy on the Progress of Opinion in the United StatesChapter I Philosophical Method Among the AmericansChapter Ⅱ Of the Principal Source of Belief Among Democratic NationsChapter Ⅲ Why the Americans Display More Readiness and More Taste for General Ideas Than Their Forefathers, the EnglishChapter Ⅳ Why the Americans Have Never Been So Eager as the French for General Ideas in Political MattersChapter Ⅴ Of the Manner in Which Religion in the United States Avails Itself of Democratic TendenciesChapter Ⅵ Of the Progress of Roman Catholicism in the United StatesChapter Ⅶ Of the Cause of a Leaning to Pantheism Amongst Democratic NationsChapter Ⅷ The Principle of Equality Suggests to the Americans the Idea of the Indefinite Perfectibility of ManChapter Ⅸ The Example of the Americans Does Not Prove That a Democratic People Can Have No Aptitude and No Taste for Science, Literature, or ArtChapter Ⅹ Why the Americans Are More Addicted to Practical Than to Theoretical ScienceChapter Ⅺ Of the Spirit in Which the Americans Cultivate the ArtsChapter Ⅻ Why the Americans Raise Some Monuments So Insignificant, and Others So ImportantChapter ⅫⅠ Literary Characteristics of Democratic AgesChapter ⅩⅣ The Trade of LiteratureChapter ⅩⅤ The Study of Greek and Latin Literature Peculiarly Useful in Democratic CommunitiesChapter ⅩⅥ The Effect of Democracy on LanguageChapter ⅩⅦ Of Some of the Sources of Poetry Amongst Democratic NationsChapter ⅩⅧ Of the Inflated Style of American Writers and OratorsChapter ⅩⅨ Some Observations on the Drama Amongst Democratic NationsChapter ⅩⅩ Characteristics of Historians in Democratic AgesChapter ⅩⅪ Of Parliamentary Eloquence in the United StatesBook Two　Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of the AmericansChapter I Why Democratic Nations Show a More Ardent and Enduring Love of Equality Than of LibertyChapter Ⅱ Of Individualism in Democratic CountriesChapter Ⅲ Individualism Stronger at the Close of a Democratic Revolution Than at Other PeriodsChapter Ⅳ That the Americans Combat the Effects of Individualism by Free InstitutionsChapter Ⅴ Of the Use Which the Americans Make of Public Associations in Civil LifeChapter Ⅵ Of the Relation Between Public Associations and NewspapersChapter Ⅶ Connection of Civil and Political AssociationsChapter Ⅷ The Americans Combat Individualism by the Principle of Interest Rightly UnderstoodChapter Ⅸ That the Americans Apply the Principle of Interest Rightly Understood to Religious MattersChapter Ⅹ Of the Taste for Physical Well-Being in AmericaChapter Ⅺ Peculiar Effects of the Love of Physical Gratifications in Democratic AgesChapter Ⅻ Causes of Fanatical Enthusiasm in Some AmericansChapter ⅫⅠ Causes of the Restless Spirit of Americans in the Midst of Their ProsperityChapter ⅩⅣ Taste for Physical Gratifications United in America to Love of Freedom and Attention to Public AffairsChapter ⅩⅤ That Religious Belief Sometimes Turns the Thoughts of the Americans to Immaterial PleasuresChapter ⅩⅥ That Excessive Care of Worldly Welfare May Impair That WelfareChapter ⅩⅦ That in Times Marked by Equality of Conditions and Sceptical Opinions, It Is Important to Remove to a Distance the Objects of Human ActionsChapter ⅩⅧ That Amongst the Americans All Honest Callings Are HonorableChapter ⅩⅨ That Almost All the Americans Follow Industrial CallingsChapter ⅩⅩ That Aristocracy May Be Engendered by ManufacturesBook Three　Influence of Democracy on Manners, Properly So CalledChapter I That Manners Are Softened as Social Conditions Become More EqualChapter Ⅱ That Democracy Renders the Habitual Intercourse of the Americans Simple and EasyChapter Ⅲ Why the Americans Show So Little Sensitiveness in Their Own Country, and Are So Sensitive in EuropeChapter Ⅳ Consequences of the Three Preceding ChaptersChapter Ⅴ How Democracy Affects the Relation of Masters and ServantsChapter Ⅵ That Democratic Institutions and Manners Tend to Raise Rents and Shorten the Terms of LeasesChapter Ⅶ Influence of Democracy on WagesChapter Ⅷ Influence of Democracy on KindredChapter Ⅸ Education of Young Women in the United StatesChapter Ⅹ The Young Women in the Character of a WifeChapter Ⅺ That the Equality of Conditions Contributes to the Maintenance of Good Morals in AmericaChapter Ⅻ How the Americans Understand the Equality of the SexesChapter ⅫⅠ That the Principle of Equality Naturally Divides the Americans into a Number of Small Private CirclesChapter ⅩⅣ Some Reflections on American MannersChapter ⅩⅤ Of the Gravity of the Americans, and Why It Does Not Prevent Them from Often Committing Inconsiderate ActionChapter ⅩⅥ Why the National Vanity of the Americans Is More Restless and Captious Than That of the EnglishChapter ⅩⅦ That the Aspect of Society in the United States Is at once Excited and MonotonousChapter ⅩⅧ Of Honor in the United States and in Democratic CommunitiesChapter ⅩⅨ Why So Many Ambitious Men and So Little Lofty Ambition Are to Be Found in the United StatesChapter ⅩⅩ The Trade of Place-Hunting in Certain Democratic CountriesChapter ⅩⅪ Why Great Revolutions Will Become More RareChapter ⅩⅫ Why Democratic Nations Are Naturally Desirous of Peace, and Democratic Armies of WarChapter ⅩⅫⅠ Which Is the Most Warlike and Most Revolutionary Class in Democratic ArmiesChapter ⅩⅪⅤ Causes Which Render Democratic Armies Weaker Than Other Armies at the Outset of a Campaign, and More Formidable in Protracted WarfareChapter ⅩⅩⅤ Of Discipline in Democratic ArmiesChapter ⅩⅩⅥ Some Considerations on War in Democratic CommunitiesBook Four　Influence of Democratic Opinions on Political SocietyChapter I That Equality Naturally Gives Men a Taste for Free InstitutionsChapter Ⅱ That the Notions of Democratic Nations on Government Are Naturally Favorable to the Concentration of PowerChapter Ⅲ That the Sentiments of Democratic Nations Accord with Their Opinions in Leading Them to Concentrate Political PowerChapter Ⅳ Of Certain Peculiar and Accidental Causes Which Either Lead a People to Complete Centralization of Government, or Which Divert Them from ItChapter Ⅴ That Amongst the European Nations of Our Time the Power of Governments Is Increasing, Although the Persons Who Govern Are Less StableChapter Ⅵ What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to FearChapter Ⅶ Continuation