Alexis de Tocqueville 
Democracy in America 

The full text in both English and French and links from the tables of contents to every chapter. According to Wikipedia: ‘De la démocratie en Amérique (published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840) is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville. A ‘literal’ translation of its title is Of Democracy in America, but the usual translation of the title is simply Democracy in America. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the past seven-hundred years.’