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The expansion and contraction of the Roman pottery trade from the 4th to the 5th century

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A new research project at the University of Pennsylvania shows how the federal government after WWII was focused on providing safe, affordable rental housing. It just wasn’t delivering it in areas that were available to families of color. (Penn Today, July 2024)

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How did America’s economy react to the demise of todays, “Rust Belt?”

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The end of East India Company's monopoly on trade with Asia in 1833 helped grow the tea trade and the consumption of the beverage in Britain. Ships like the Cutty Sark that could bring back the harvest of tea leaves from Asia before others became both valuable and symbolic. (History Hit, July 2024)

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What were the pros and cons of Bimetalism in the 1900s America?

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From micro to macro, Andrew Leigh’s "The Shortest History of Economics" is an accessible history that covers the economic essentials. (Conversation, March 2024)

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The construction of the American Interstate Highway System after WW2 not only increased the flow of goods and people but also increased crime (F Calamunci and J Lonsky, July 2024)

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Tokyo's historical growth into a megacity differed greatly from most cases of rapid urbanization, featuring egalitarian living conditions and relatively little spatial segregation (The Metropole, February 2021)

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Historians claim a new management culture emerged at Fiat in the 1970s that supported flexible production, displacing Fordist principles. In fact, decisions were made under the same criteria that had inspired technological change and output-mix decision making in the 1960s. (G. Maielli, 2003)

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After the Chernobyl disaster, the growth in new nuclear power plants was cut drastically around the world and fossil fuel interests became more effective at lobbying against nuclear energy (A Makarin, N Qian and S Wang, July 2024)

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The expansion and contraction of the Roman pottery trade from the 4th to the 5th century	18	season-of-light
A new research project at the University of Pennsylvania shows how the federal government after WWII was focused on providing safe, affordable rental housing. It just wasn’t delivering it in areas that were available to families of color. (Penn Today, July 2024)	16	yonkon
How did America’s economy react to the demise of todays, “Rust Belt?”	13	toastyghosti
The end of East India Company's monopoly on trade with Asia in 1833 helped grow the tea trade and the consumption of the beverage in Britain. Ships like the Cutty Sark that could bring back the harvest of tea leaves from Asia before others became both valuable and symbolic. (History Hit, July 2024)	12	yonkon
What were the pros and cons of Bimetalism in the 1900s America?	12	its_still_lynn
From micro to macro, Andrew Leigh’s "The Shortest History of Economics" is an accessible history that covers the economic essentials. (Conversation, March 2024)	10	yonkon
The construction of the American Interstate Highway System after WW2 not only increased the flow of goods and people but also increased crime (F Calamunci and J Lonsky, July 2024)	10	season-of-light
Tokyo's historical growth into a megacity differed greatly from most cases of rapid urbanization, featuring egalitarian living conditions and relatively little spatial segregation (The Metropole, February 2021)	9	season-of-light
Historians claim a new management culture emerged at Fiat in the 1970s that supported flexible production, displacing Fordist principles. In fact, decisions were made under the same criteria that had inspired technological change and output-mix decision making in the 1960s. (G. Maielli, 2003)	9	yonkon
After the Chernobyl disaster, the growth in new nuclear power plants was cut drastically around the world and fossil fuel interests became more effective at lobbying against nuclear energy (A Makarin, N Qian and S Wang, July 2024)	9	season-of-light