Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was a French political scientist and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution.

Christine Dunn Henderson is associate professor of political science in the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University. She has published extensively on Tocqueville as well as on politics and literature, and she is the editor and translator of several books, including Tocqueville's Voyages.