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'The Value of the Humanities'
Author of new book explains why no one case can be made for the importance of the humanities -- and why the arguments must be different in America and Britain.
Opinion
Before the Fall
1177 B.C. was the kind of year people try to forget. Scott McLemee reports on a book that takes us all the way back.
Opinion
Without Feathers
A new book describes the history of resistance to the income tax. Scott McLemee celebrates April 16 with a look.
Opinion
Hope and Climate Change
A new book tries to find grounds for optimism in the face of ecological upheaval. Scott McLemee warms to the effort.
Cengage Surfaces
After nine months, Cengage Learning emerges from bankruptcy -- and gets right back to addressing familiar challenges.
'Dress Casual'
Author discusses in new book how college students in the 20th century changed fashion.
'Degrees of Inequality'
A new book argues federal lawmakers have failed to maintain a rational higher ed policy but come together on behalf of for-profits that spend generously.
