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October 25, 2013 By CBMW Guest
By Michael Berry In 1831, the French government commissioned Alexis de Tocqueville, a political scientist and historian, to study the American prison system. De Toqueville’s observations resulted in his iconic work, Democracy in America.  In it, de Tocqueville explained his belief that the Puritans, who founded America, planted the seeds of American democracy because of...
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