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Adam Smith On The Future Of Experimental Evolution And Economics, Maria Pia Paganelli
Adam Smith On The Future Of Experimental Evolution And Economics, Maria Pia Paganelli
Economics Faculty Research
Experimental evolution is difficult to apply to humans because of the need to study possible changes over many generations. A similar method, though, may see history as a substitute for experiments. The 18th century economist Adam Smith uses methods compatible with the logic of experimental evolution, through the assumption of human homogeneity and the study of history, to explain endogenous variations of preferences and institutions.
Anti-Immigration In The United States: A Historical Encyclopedia [Book Review], Anne Jumonville Graf
Anti-Immigration In The United States: A Historical Encyclopedia [Book Review], Anne Jumonville Graf
Library Faculty Research
Consider Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia a newer, narrower, more explicitly academic take on a well-covered topic among reference resources. Since James Ciment’s seminal, four-volume Encyclopedia of American Immigration published in 2001, there has been a variety of encyclopedias published focusing on the United States and immigration. Most recently, 2010 brought another Encyclopedia of American Immigration (unrelated to the previously mentioned work of the same name) edited by Carl L. Bankston and intended for use by the general public and high school/college undergraduates.
Sr Visits: The Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center At The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Benjamin R. Harris
Sr Visits: The Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center At The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Benjamin R. Harris
Library Faculty Research
Situated atop Persimmon Hill on Oklahoma City's northeast side, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Center has spent forty-five years as the crown jewel of the city's attractions. Aside from exhibits featuring world-renowned art works, authentic western memorabilia, and informational displays, researchers and visitors can take advantage of the Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center. The archive includes books, serials, films, image collections and more, and curators depend upon this resource in the development of new exhibits. Serials Review learns about the history, materials, and services associated with the Dickinson Research Center.
Europe: A Civilization On The Edge, Peter O'Brien
Europe: A Civilization On The Edge, Peter O'Brien
Political Science Faculty Research
Our European culture is one that has staked its all on the universal and the danger menacing it is that of perishing by the universal.
Jean Baudrillard1
Rémi Brague rejects common charges of Eurocentrisim leveled against Western civilization. He prefers to characterize the West as "eccentric," meaning off center. He equates Western civilization with Europe and understands it as that civilization which grew out of the western half of the Roman Empire and with time differentiated itself from Byzantine and Islamic civilizations (themselves successors to the Roman heritage). He labels Europe eccentric because it stands (physically and figuratively) on …