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From December 23, 1871 to September 13, 1873, one of the first embassies of Meiji Japan traveled throughout the US and Europe on a fact-finding mission. Led by Prince Iwakura, their task was to re-negotiate treaties with unfavorable conditions, and to learn of advanced technology in order to spur growth in Japan, which had been closed off to outsiders under Shogunate rule.
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Every week, we’ll get a look at book selling and culture through the eyes of our field reps. This week, with our “inaugural” piece, Bob Barnett of Louisville on his Obama Inauguration “Ticket Gate” experience. Looking at the Inauguration Bob Barnett GeoEye-1 (aka the Google satellite) is the world’s highest resolution imagery satellite, and it […]
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Puzzle Monster posted an interview with Robert Abbott, puzzlist and creator of Eleusis. Abbott shared his game with the world through Martin Gardner’s Scientific American column.
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For the upcoming 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, what better place for NPR to trace his roots than at Cambridge University. Weekend Edition Sunday sent a correspondent to the Sedgwick Museum, where they’ll be digging deep into Darwin’s own specimen and fossil collection, and the Cambridge University Library, where they’ve interviewed our own Alison Pearn, […]
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From the Charlotte Observer, January 20 Will Barack Obama govern as a Moderate, a Centrist, or a left of center Democrat? Every sane person is a moderate in the sense of disliking extremes and striving for reasonableness in their politics. Historic Moderates, men and women whose lives have been changed by the political philosophies of […]
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In a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel interview, author David Friedman discussed Obama’s tech-savvy. ‘Still, an Internet-friendly president could also mean one who is more exposed to different points of view by taking in information and opinions that aren’t filtered by his inner circle of advisers or the mainstream media, according to David D. Friedman, author of “Future […]
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Last weekend’s International Herald Tribune (the New York Times international edition) interviewed Berkeley economic historian Jan de Vries on what seems to be a growing trend: DIY culture. In the midst of an economic downturn, people are increasingly reluctant to pay for services that they can perform themselves. Of course, this affects the massive service […]
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Let’s Make a (New) Deal For historian Lizabeth Cohen, writing in Sunday’s Boston Herald, it’s natural to compare the circumstances as President Obama takes office to those of FDR. The stock market is spiraling downward, the financial system is in chaos, and every month more and more people are unemployed or find their work hours […]
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