American vertigo

Description:

What does it mean to be an American, and what can America be today? To answer these questions, celebrated philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy spent a year travelling throughout the country in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose Democracy in America remains the most influential book ever written about this country.

subjects: National characteristics, american,  United states, description and travel,  United states, social conditions, 1980-,  American National characteristics,  Description and travel,  Social conditions,  Travel,  Civilization,  United states, social conditions,  Tocqueville, alexis de, 1805-1859,  United states, social conditions, 21st century

People: Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859),  Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948-)

Places: United States

Times: 1980-,  21st century