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Adam Ferguson's ''Essay on the History of Civil Society'' is published in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Adam Ferguson's ''Essay on the History of Civil Society'' is published in Edinburgh, Scotland. | ||
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French Revolution. | |||
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George W.F. Hegel published ''Elements of the Philosophy of Right'', containing his discussion of civil society, in German. | George W.F. Hegel published ''Elements of the Philosophy of Right'', containing his discussion of civil society, in German. | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 21 July 2007
Timeline for Civil Society
A sequence of significant events in the evolution of the idea of civil society.
1767
Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society is published in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1789
French Revolution.
1822
George W.F. Hegel published Elements of the Philosophy of Right, containing his discussion of civil society, in German.
1832
Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont visit the United States to study the penitentiary system.
1845
Tocqueville's De la démocratie en Amérique is published in Paris.
1848
1862
The first English-language edition of Democracy in America is published in Cambridge MA by Sever and Francis.
1945
The Bradley, Reeve and Bowen translation of Tocqueville's Democracy in America is published by A.A. Knopf in New York. It contains the specific language that most English speakers treat as Tocqueville's original language.
2001
Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone: is published in the U.S.