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Subject Title
Art & Culture

Of Accountants, Artists, and History

Of Worldly Goods: The Renaissance and Modern Times

The Big Picture

Looking Back

The Winds of Change

Peter Drucker on Historical Trends in Leisure Time and Bloodless Revolutions

Childhood

Childhood: Medieval vs. Modern

Crime & Punishment

Living Conditions in the 1500s: Crime and Punishment

Daily Life

Our "Natural" Ancestors?

Life Inside the Home

Living Conditions in the 1500s: Daily Life

Disease & Health

Death in Athens

Life Expectancy

Relative Horror: The Plagues of the Past and AIDS

Exploration

Up the Missouri with Lewis and Clark

Food & Medical Care

Food and Medical Care in 20th Century America

Living Conditions in the 1500s: Hunger and Famine

Housing

Living Standards in the US: Housing

Living Conditions in the 1500s: Housing

Money & Economy

Comparative Wealth: Bill Gates and the Duke of Westminster

The American Economy: A Long Term View

Economic Stability In the United States: More or Less?

Morality

Small-Pox and Immorality in the Middle Ages

Sexuality and Morality in the Middle Ages

Culture and Morality in the Middle Ages

Natural Resources

Julian Simon and Wired Slay the Doomsters

Living Standards in the US: Water

Safety & Accidents

Accident Rates in the United States

Travel

Danger and the Press

Air Safety Since 1960

Living Conditions in the 1500s: Travel


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