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Studying the Value and Worth of Modern Life

Knowing how much something, or somebody, is worth is an important ability. Michle Lamont investigates how we define worth and excellence, and how these definitions influence hierarchies of all kinds, frequently focusing on racial and class inequality.

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Fri May 25, 2012

Publishers' Weekly

Authors on the Air May 25, 2012: John S. Allen, Krys Lee

John S. Allen , author of The Omnivorous Mind , will be on NPR's Science Friday .

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Tue May 22, 2012

Journal of Design History

Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette

336 pp., 8 halftones and 82 col. illus., cloth $45.00. ISBN: 9780674048997 With its punning reference to the 'Dairy Queen' chain that purveys soft-serve ice cream at roadside shops throughout the United States, Meredith Martin's new book deserves an award for most delightful title of the year.

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Fri May 18, 2012

Forward

Evolutionary Biology After Auschwitz

May 20 marks the 10th anniversary of the death, at age 60, of evolutionary biologist and popular author Stephen Jay Gould.

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Tue May 15, 2012

Harper's Magazine

Andrew J. Bacevich-Glory Days: a pundit's rosy view of the Pax Americana

Andrew J. Bacevich is Professor of History and International Relations at Boston University.