Topic: Cultural History
Big Families — and Overall Population Growth — Lead People to Emigrate
Europe’s Great Migration to North America, 1850-1920, offers lessons for today’s immigration patterns
Locally, the Extent of British Rule in India Still Holds Back Economic Opportunity
Areas under direct rule lost the components of human capital
Chinese Citizens, Given Voice in Local Budgeting, Are More Satisfied With Country’s Regime — and Want More From It
Taste of democracy engenders the opposite of cynicism
Winning Buoys One’s Perception of Democracy, But Even Some Losers Appreciate the Process
Insurrection at U.S. Capitol led some Trump voters to surprising assessment
Diversity, Economic Growth and a Bug in the Research
Whether research shows benefits from diversity depends heavily on choice of study design
Why Offspring of Rice Farmers Are Better at Detecting Emotions
Raising the crop is a communal project, more so than the work of wheat farmers, who’re less attuned to feelings of others
Historical Case for Immigrants Sending Home More Than Money
France’s lower fertility rates spread to regions that sent the most emigrants to live there
Cultural Polarization Isn’t New — But Its Alignment With Political Divisions Is
A new way to classify individuals delivers insights on social divisions and the culture war
Testing 17 Theories on the Development of Complex Civilizations
Large-scale data project produces stark conclusion: military technology + agricultural productivity caused the takeoff
Societies With a Legacy of Herding: More Prone to Current Day Violence
A culture that valorized revenge among pre-industrial herders resonates today
Accused of Prejudice, Some Claim They’re the Victims
Claiming victimhood of a different sort — say, concerning free speech — seen as more effective in silencing criticism
Gesturing Left to Right for Passage of Time Occurs by Age 6
Cultural norms — reading and the calendar — affect native English-speakers’ motioning constructs
Leadership Matters: Countries Suffered Under Poor Quality Monarchs
Measuring inbreeding allows study to isolate rulers from circumstances
What Makes a Good Front-Line Manager — in Business and in War?
Civil War officers with working-class backgrounds held units together best
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