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Two new books illuminate politics high and low—the role of high principle and the urgency of land grabs around the world.
THE SOURCE: “Crossing the 50 Percent Population Rubicon: Can China Urbanize to Prosperity?” by Kam Wing Chan, in Eurasian Geography and Economics, Jan.–Feb. 2012.
THE SOURCE: “Mixed Messages on Targeted Killings” by Charles G. Kels, in Armed Forces Journal, July–Aug. 2012.
A DISABILITY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
By Kim E. Nielsen.
Beacon Press. 240 pp. $25.95
THE SOURCE: “Second Thoughts on Colonial Historians and American Indians” by James H. Merrell, in the William and Mary Quarterly , July 2012.
THE BARBAROUS YEARS:
The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600–1675.
By Bernard Bailyn.
Knopf. 640 pp. $35
THE SOURCE: “Can Africa Industrialize?” by John Page, in Journal of African Economies (supplement), Jan. 2012.
ONE BILLION HUNGRY:
Can We Feed the World?
By Gordon Conway.
Cornell Univ. Press. 439 pp. $24.95
THE SOURCE: “The Effects of Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence From the 2009 Cash for Clunkers Program” by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Aug. 2012.