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- Pre-History
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The Winds of Change
- Antiquity
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Relative Horror: The Plagues of the Past, AIDs, and COVID
Death in Athens
Our "Natural" Ancestors?
- Middle Ages
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Living Conditions in the 1500s: Housing
Living Conditions in the 1500s: Hunger and Famine
Living Conditions in the 1500s: Daily Life
Living Conditions in the 1500s: Crime and Punishment
Culture and Morality in the Middle Ages
Sexuality and Morality in the Middle Ages
Small-Pox and Immorality in the Middle Ages
Life Expectancy
Living Conditions in the 1500s: Travel
Childhood: Medieval vs. Modern
- Modern (19th and 20th Centuries)
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Julian Simon and Wired Slay the Doomsters
Danger and the Press
Accident Rates in the United States
Air Safety Since 1960
Living Standards in the United States: Water
Living Standards in the United States: Housing
Life Inside the Home
Economic Stability In the United States: More or Less Than Before?
Food and Medical Care in 20th-Century America
The American Economy: A Long Term View
Peter Drucker on Historical Trends in Leisure Time and Bloodless Revolutions
Comparative Wealth: Bill Gates and the Duke of Westminster
Up the Missouri with Lewis and Clark
Of Accountants, Artists, and History
Looking Back
Of Worldly Goods: The Renaissance and Modern Times
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