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Month: April 2020

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr

April 30, 2020April 29, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction” by McClellan & Dorn

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” by Arthur Herman

April 29, 2020May 10, 2020 Michael Magoon

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April 29, 2020May 4, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World” by Gregory Clark

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Before the Dawn: Discovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade

April 25, 2020April 23, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “World on Fire” by Amy Chua

April 25, 2020April 23, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers” by Paul Kennedy

April 24, 2020April 23, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization” by Brian Fagan

April 24, 2020May 6, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Migration and Culture” by Thomas Sowell

April 23, 2020May 6, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Conquests and Cultures” by Thomas Sowell

April 23, 2020April 22, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America” by David Hackett Fisher

April 22, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Europe?” by Jack Goldstone

April 22, 2020April 28, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld” by James Belich

April 21, 2020April 20, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: The Making of Europe… 950-1350” by Robert Bartlett

April 21, 2020April 20, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why did Europe Conquer the World?” by Philip Hoffman

April 20, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Life in a Medieval City” by Joseph and Frances Gies

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Medieval City” by Norman Pounds

April 13, 2020April 28, 2020 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Needham Puzzle: Why the Industrial Revolution Did not Originate in China” by Justin Lin

April 13, 2020May 6, 2020 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture” by Alex Mesoudi

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