Autumn 2000
Preserving Our Privacy
In Essence
A Survey of Recent Articles
"One Cheer for Soft Money" by Steven E. Schier, in The Washington Monthly (July–Aug. 2000), 1611 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009.
"Ballot Boxing" by John Maggs, in National Journal (July 1, 2000), 1501 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
"The Forgotten Legacy of the New Deal: Fiscal Conservatism and the Roosevelt Administration, 1933-1938" by Julian E. Zelizer, in Presidential Studies Quarterly (June 2000), Center for Presidential Studies, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843–4349.
"Structural Realism after the Cold War" by Kenneth N. Waltz, in International Security (Summer 2000), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Univ., 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
"Will Globalization Make You Happy?" by Robert Wright, in Foreign Policy (Sept.–Oct. 2000), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
A Survey of Recent Articles
"Eliminating Child Labor" by Miriam Wasserman, in Regional Review (Apr.–June 2000), Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, P.O. Box 2076, Boston, Mass. 02106–2076.
"A Shocking View of Economic History" by Larry Neal, in The Journal of Economic History (June 2000), Karl Eller Center, 202 McClelland Hall, Univ. of Arizona, P.O. Box 210108, Tucson, Ariz. 85721–0108.
"The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers" by Pankaj Ghemawat and Fariborz Ghadar, in Harvard Business Review (July–Aug. 2000), 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Mass. 02163.
"‘ The Best or None!’ Spinsterhood in Nineteenth-Century New England" by Zsuzsa Berend, in The Journal of Social History (Summer 2000), Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213.
"Grade Inflation: What’s Really behind All Those A’s?" by Lisa Birk, in Harvard Education Letter (Jan.–Feb. 2000), Gutman Library, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
"Why ‘More Work for Mother?’: Knowledge and Household Behavior, 1870–1945" by Joel Mokyr, in The Journal of Economic History (Mar. 2000), Karl Eller Center, 202 McClelland Hall, Univ. of Arizona, P.O. Box 210108, Tucson, Ariz. 85721–0108.
"Coverage by the News Media of the Benefits and Risks of Medications" by Ray Moynihan, Lisa Bero, Dennis Ross-Degnan, David Henry, Kirby Lee, Judy Watkins, Connie Mah, and Stephen B. Soumerai, in The New England Journal of Medicine (June 1, 2000), 10 Shattuck St., Boston, Mass. 02115–6094.
“Aztec Human Sacrifice as Expiation” by Michel Graulich, in History of Religions (May 2000),
Univ. of Chicago Press, 5720 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, Ill. 60637.
"‘Loyal to a Dream Country’: Republicanism and the Pragmatism of William James and Richard Rorty" by Daniel S. Malachuk, in Journal of American Studies (Apr. 2000), Cambridge Univ. Press, Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Rd., Cambridge, CB2 2RU, England.
"Coping with Crowding" by Frans B. M. de Waal, Filippo Aureli, and Peter G. Judge, in Scientific American (May 2000), 415 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017–1111.
"Battle of the Bones" by Robson Bonnichsen and Alan L. Schneider, in The Sciences (July–Aug. 2000), New York Academy of Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, N.Y. 10021. "Coping with Crowding" Frans B. M. de Waal, Filippo Aureli, and Peter G.Judge, in Scientific American (...
"Parity as a Goal Sparks Bitter Battle" by Constance Holden, in Science (July 21, 2000), American Assn. for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
"Effect of Aquaculture on World Fish Supplies" by Rosamond L. Naylor et al., in Nature (June 29, 2000), Porters South, 4 Crinan St., London N1 9XW, UK.
"Soul Man" by Anne Lounsbery, in Transition (2000: No. 84), 69 Dunster St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138. (www.TransitionMagazine.com)
"Welcome to the Funhouse" by Jed Perl, in The New Republic (June 19, 2000), 1220 19th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
"Class Notes" by Michael Benedikt, in Harvard Design Magazine (Summer 2000), Harvard Univ., Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
A Survey of Recent Articles
"The French Exception" by Sophie Meunier, in Foreign Affairs (July–Aug. 2000), 58 E. 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.
"The Architect of the Cuban State: Fulgencio Batista and Populism in Cuba, 1937–1940" by Robert Whitney, in Journal of Latin American Studies (May 2000), Cambridge Univ. Press, Journals Dept., 40 W. 20th St., New York, N.Y. 10011–4211.
"Making the Connection: Africa and the Internet" by Mike Jensen, in Current History (May 2000), 4225 Main St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19127.
Book Reviews
By Evelyn Fox Keller. Harvard Univ. Press. 186 pp. $22.95
By Curt McConnell. Stanford Univ. Press. 368 pp. $45
By Evan Thomas. Simon & Schuster. 509 pp. $28
By William Ian Miller. Harvard Univ. Press. 346 pp. $29.95
ORWELL: Wintry Conscience of a Generation. By Jeffrey Meyers. Norton. 380 pp. $29.95
JEW VS. JEW: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry. By Samuel G.Freedman. Simon & Schuster. 397 pp. $26
By Peter Martin. Yale Univ. Press. 636 pp. $35
By Lionel Trilling. Edited by Leon Wieseltier. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.572 pp. $35
By Frank Kermode. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 324 pp. $30
Photos by Michael Putnam. Johns Hopkins. Univ. Press. 102 pp. $39.95
By Steven M.Gillon. Norton. 288 pp. $25.95
By Jack Snyder. Norton.382 pp. $29.95
By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Knopf. 377 pp. $27.50
By Craig Harline and Eddy Put.Yale Univ. Press. 384 pp. $27.95
By Irving Singer. Yale Univ. Press. 256 pp. $25
By S. S. Schweber. Princeton Univ. Press. 260 pp. $24.95
By Ullica Segerstrale. Oxford Univ. Press. 493 pp. $30
Essays
At the beginning of the 21st century, America is, more than ever, a culture of exhibitionism that also claims to...
So strong is the American aversion to "socialized medicine" that neither major candidate in this year...
In this era of rapidly expanding information technologies, telemarketing is only one of the more annoying ways a person's privacy can be breached.
Modern genetic science may soon be able to map the complexity of plants and read the secrets of their remarkable therapeutic powers.
The images of Dust Bowl America etched in our consciousness by film and story and song are unforgettable--and only part of the truth.
To the abolitionists of his day, the president we now revere for ending slavery in America was no real enemy of slavery at all.
Earthquakes, usually the most costly in human lives of all natural disasters, tend to be utterly unrelieved calamities. But the deaths of some 18,000 Turks on August 17, 1999, may be remembered as a sacrifice that inspired a kind of miracle.
As if nature had not been generous enough, history has endowed Istanbul with extraordinary beauty.
Summaries of recent papers, studies, and meetings at the Wilson Center
