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If every country depended upon foreign suppliers and customers, the web of mutual dependence would be too strong to break.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000


the loss of these small groups, in favor of nation-level organization of atomized individuals, has had serious consequences for human welfare and human agency. We are missing a layer of organization essential for our happiness.
Sarah Perry • Gardens Need Walls: On Boundaries, Ritual, and Beauty

ideology and public policies that it spawned were crucial in shaping postwar family life and gender roles.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era

pushed beyond Betty Friedan’s call for self-realization into a full-fledged assault on sexism