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The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd

… in eighteenth-century Britain. Electrification and telecommunications , led by nineteenth-century American … or early twentieth century (right). The global rise of microcomputing brought about the Third Industrial Revolution … workers whose lives are changed by new technologies. One commercial advertisement for Lumen, “ The Platform for …

Media and Politics in the Age of Trump

… will likely preoccupy future historians for years to come. While a number of factors contributed to his … of Trump that greatly advantaged his campaign over his competitors’, especially in the primary season’s early days. … both a commodity and a public service. Although a perfect division never existed, the news industry (often out of fear …
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The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations
… The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations … Between Black and White: The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations … Betw-een Black and -white: The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations Despite the … elite exercise. The MNU's failure to bridge class divisions had nothing to do with lack of effort. In fact …

Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics

… west became (if ambivalently for some) the second former communist-bloc state to assume the rotating presidency of the European Union, Slovaks became the second former communist-bloc state to adopt the common European currency, … with U.S. politicians and businessmen during his time as a visiting professor in Chicago, helped win U.S. support for …
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The “Modern” War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 1)

… we could, you know, leave the house and not really have to come back until it was time for dinner. We could ride our … Ribbon Week in the nation's schools, drug prohibition has become as American as apple pie. While visceral images of … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …