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The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

When I think of teaching the Early Republic, I think about political parties, presidential decisions, and how those decisions shaped the federal government. This activity ensured that students grasped the economic, political, and social divisions developing between regions of the country. history for decades.

Economics 124
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The best books I read in 2021

Dangerously Irrelevant

I read some great (and not so great) books in 2021! Here are my top few (and why)… My top book for 2021 is Difference Making at the Heart of Learning , by Tom Vander Ark & Emily Liebtag. I can’t recommend these two books highly enough. Accordingly, I care quite a bit about the health of our American democracy.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa. As Logan details in her 2020 book The Scarcity Slot , West African farmers often have preferred to cultivate crops with methods developed over centuries that reduce long-term risks, rather than generating high yields in the short term. “My

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When Wartime Plunder Comes to Campus

Sapiens

But then a long overdue book, Ivories From Nimrud Vol. The breakdown of political and military order, coupled with economic desperation, fueled rampant trade in stolen antiquities. invaded Iraq to overthrow President Saddam Husseins government, a war justified by claims of weapons of mass destruction that were later proven false.

Museum 110
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Cuts at the NEH

ASHP CML

The notification letter asserted that each “grants immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government.” The claim that NEH’s work endangers the interests of the federal government contradicts abundant evidence of its many contributions.

Museum 98
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Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session

The Hechinger Report

I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model. Oil and gas companies and their affiliated foundations finance climate and energy research, sit on university governance boards and host student-recruitment events on campus, the report notes.

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Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures

Sapiens

In many cases, making roti wasnt a willful choice but an economic necessityor part of unpaid domestic laborwithin a highly gendered and classed society. In Calcutta on Your Plate , her book on Bengali cuisine and gastronomic history, she points out the absence of roti in Bengali meals until the mid-20th century.

Cultures 129