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Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
The Decline of the West,
Warren Breckman • The Cambridge History of Modern European Thought: Volume 2, The Twentieth Century
The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
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Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
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Midwest High Speed Rail Association.
Christopher Steiner • $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better
West never passed up an opportunity to add flavor to the project. He helped to transform a dispute among engineers into a virtual War of the Roses. He created, as Rasala put it, a seemingly endless series of “brushfires,” and got his staff charged up about putting them out. He was always finding romance and excitement in the seemingly ordinary. He
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technical sophistication,
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Technology for Frank was not a route to standardization but a way of making a unique, ornate object that would be affordable to produce.