Marx, Tocqueville, and race in America: the 'absolute democracy' or 'defiled republic'

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Part 1 Democracy in American: Two Perspectives Chapter 2 The Lessons of the "Most Progressive Nation" Chapter 3 Tocqueville's America Chapter 4 The Judgement of Recent Scholarship: A Balance Sheet Part 5 Toward the "General Conflagration": Theory and Practice Chapter 6 The "New World View" Chapter 7 Slavery, Free Soil, and the Workers' Movement Chapter 8 Preparing for a New Revolution Part 9 "A Last Card Up Its Sleeve": The Overthrow of Slavery Chapter 10 Explaining the Civil War Chapter 11 The New "Struggle in the Press" Chapter 12 From a "Constitutional" to a "Revolutionary" War Chapter 13 A Comradely Disagreement Chapter 14 The Judgement of Modern Scholarship Chapter 15 Revolutionary Practice Chapter 16 Marx and Engels's Contribution Part 17 A Dream Deferred: The Failed "Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America" Chapter 18 Reconstruction Chapter 19 Birth of a New Labor Movement Chapter 20 Marx on Race Chapter 21 Overthrow of Reconstruction Chapter 22 Were Marx and Engels Derelict? Chapter 23 When "Conditions" Become "Ripe"