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"Social Sciences "

May 22, 2012

12 Fateful Days in Chicago, by City of Scoundrels Author Gary Krist

The history of any large metropolis is a litany of conflict, punctuated by frequent periods of civil unrest, political dysfunction, and natural or manmade disaster. But few cities have ever been tested the way Chicago was in the chaotic summer of 1919.

May 17, 2012

A Handbook for Staying Human in a Digital Age: Nick Harkaway’s Blind Giant

Welcome to the beginnings of a purely digital society. Will this brave new world of ours be heavenly or hellish? That's the question blogger and novelist Harkaway is here to answer.