Month: April 2020
Book Summary: “Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction” by McClellan and Dorn
Book Summary: “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” by Arthur Herman
We need an online Coronavirus Census now!
Book Summary: “A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World” by Gregory Clark
Book Summary: “Before the Dawn: Discovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
Book Summary: “World on Fire” by Amy Chua
Book Summary: “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers” by Paul Kennedy
Book Summary: “The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization” by Brian Fagan
Book Summary: “Migration and Culture” by Thomas Sowell
Book Summary: “Conquests and Cultures” by Thomas Sowell
Book Summary: “Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America” by David Hackett Fisher
Book Summary: “Why Europe?: The Rise of the West…” by Jack Goldstone
Book Summary: “Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld” by James Belich
Book Summary: The Making of Europe… 950-1350” by Robert Bartlett
Book Summary: “Why did Europe Conquer the World?” by Philip Hoffman
Book Summary: “Life in a Medieval City” by Joseph and Frances Gies
Book Summary: “The Medieval City” by Norman Pounds
Article Summary: “Needham Puzzle: Why the Industrial Revolution Did not Originate in China” by Justin Lin
Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture” by Alex Mesoudi
Article Summary: “The Early Modern Great Divergence” by Broadberry and Gupta
Book Summary: “Nature’s Magic: Synergy in Evolution…” by Peter Corning
Book Summary: “First Modern Economy… Dutch Economy 1500-1815” by Jan de Vries
Book Summary: “Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy” by Tim Harford
Article Summary: “The Distribution of Human Population by Altitude” by Cohen and Small
Article Summary: “Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Economic Outcomes in Africa” by Michalopoulos, Putterman & Weil
Article Summary: “The Effect of the TseTse Fly on African Development” by Marcella Alsan
Book Summary: “Economics of Coercion and Conflict” by Mark Harrison
Article Summary: “Meta-analysis of … twin studies” by many
Book Summary: “Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City” by Russell Shorto
Book Summary: “Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History” by Peter Clark
Book Summary: “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure” by Tim Harford
Book Summary: “Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics 1851-1945” by Daniel Headrick
Book Summary: “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge” by Matt Ridley
Book Summary: “Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators…” by Peter Turchin
Article Summary: “The Puzzle of Monogamous Marriage” by Henrich, Boyd and Richerson
Book Summary: “Marriage and Civilization: How Monogamy Made Us Human” by William Tucker
Article Summary: “Biogeography and Long-Run Economic Development” by Olsson and Hibbs
Book Summary: “The Tyranny of Experts” by William Easterly
The Ratchet of Technology, a site by Michael Magoon 