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Month: April 2021

April 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Cousins’ War: Religion, Politics, Civil War, and the Triumph of the Anglo-America” by Kevin Phillips

April 19, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Energy and Civilization: A History” by Vaclav Smil

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics” by John Mearsheimer

April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country” by James Fearon

April 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Understanding Human History” by Michael Hart

April 13, 2021April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Inventing Freedom: How the English… Made the Modern World” by Daniel Hannan

April 12, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Where Wizards Stay Up Late: Origins of the Internet” by Hafner and Lyon

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

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April 9, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “An Introduction to Agricultural Geography” by David Grigg

April 8, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Agricultural Systems of the World: An Evolutionary Approach” by David Grigg

April 7, 2021April 11, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Food, Energy and Society” by David and Marcia Pimentel

April 6, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers” by Robert Kelly

April 5, 2021April 8, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Horses at Work: Horses in Industrial America” by Ann Norton Greene

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  • Book Summary: “Why Europe?: The Rise of the West...” by Jack Goldstone
  • Book Summary: “Energy and Civilization: A History” by Vaclav Smil
  • Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations are Changing” by Ronald Inglehart
  • Book Summary “Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity” by Walter Scheidel
  • Book Summary: “Cousins’ War: Religion, Politics, Civil War, and the Triumph of the Anglo-America” by Kevin Phillips

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