American Exceptionalism Reaffirmed
The Tocqueville Review/La revue TocquevillePublished 1 December 1989
Seymour Martin Lipset
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Abstract
The topic which concerns us, American Exceptionalism (the phrase is Tocqueville’s) could only have arisen in a comparative context. It basically means that America is unique, is different in crucial ways from most other countries. It has been argued by many, that the United States has stood out, as distinct, from other western countries, in Europe and the Americas, including, as I have tried to document, Canada
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