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Third World Materials as Catalyst for Access Dominated Solutions to the Problem of Western Libraries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2019

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In 1830 Alexis de Tocqueville managed to be sent on an extensive trip to the United States in order to study new world penal institutions. His main interest was the culture and civilization of the United States rather than its jails. Although he conscientiously investigated the penitentiaries and subsequently wrote a report, he considered democracy to be the real subject of his study.

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Copyright © International Association of Law Libraries 1975 

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