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The haves and have-nots (2011) is a valuable and readable book. The subtitle is: A brief and idiosyncratic history of global inequality. The book includes an extensive list of resources for Further Reading. I became interested in the above-noted book after reading an article by Chrystia Freeland whose column, which often deals with global inequality, […]
A blurb at the Toronto Public website notes that Wayne E. Lee, in this book published in 2011 by Oxford University Press, has concluded that: “In the end, the repeated experience of wars with barbarians or brothers created an American culture of war that demanded absolute solutions: enemies were either to be incorporated or rejected. […]
A city of one’s own (2008) addresses the distinction between what is private and what is public. The subtitle of the book is: “Blurring the boundaries between private and public.” Chapter 5, by Renaud Le Goix of the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, is entitled “Gated communities: Generic patterns in suburban landscapes?” The chapter argues that “gated enclaves should not […]