Peter Ekman is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California’s Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life and at the Berggruen Institute. This interview is based on his new book, Timing the Future Metropolis: Foresight, Knowledge, and Doubt […]
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The Author’s Corner with John William Nelson
John William Nelson is Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University. This interview is based on his new book, Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago’s Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What […]
How big is Africa?
As this map shows, the continental United States, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, most of Eastern Europe, Greece, India, Japan, and China can all fit inside the continent of Africa. HT: Sam Wineburg