This sceptical isle
Britain is dead, long live. . . what exactly? David Cannadine on the making of the "new British history" and its future During the election campaign for the European Parliament which was fought out...
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Over the hill at 50?
Our Global Neighbourhood: - Utopia Lost:
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Lessons in citizenship
In the shadows of the German occupation, Marc Bloch (1886-1944), the greatest of medievalists and co-founder of the Annales school of history, posed the essential question for democratic...
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Under-exploited assets
As we head for the "knowledge society" of the 21st century, British universities seem only half awake, argues Sir Geoffrey Holland. The National Advisory Council on Education and Training Targets is...
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No Incas in Hastings
Jared Diamond asks why Europeans came to dominate and colonise the world and not the peoples of Africa, Australia or America? Eurasians, especially peoples of Europe and eastern Asia, have spread...
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Common trade, common justice
Business Law in the European Economic Area - The European Internal Market and International Trade: - The Agreement on the European Economic Area
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The rational anthem
What makes people buy expensive freshly squeezed orange juice at Marks & Spencer? David Walker asks if the idea of rational choice - that people behave consistently selfishly - has passed its...
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The empire strikes back
The West insists on seeing the war in Chechenia as an internal Russian affair. But as Richard Clogg points out, it is only the latest episode in an old struggle by an independent people against their...
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World saviours goof off at home
Lyndon Johnson Confronts the World - Joe Alsop's Cold War - Self-Rule - America's Mission
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A blood-soaked land between two rivers
Iraq since the Gulf War - Inside the Arab World - The Shi'as of Iraq
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Engineering and Technology Ranking: Seven stars shine over golden state
The state of California has maintained its grip on the Times Higher Education engineering and technology table. As in previous years, California, the home of the high-tech business hub Silicon Valley...
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Chinese new year
Source: Corbis Japan loses its crown to its main regional rival, as massive state funding and innovation pay dividends for the People¡¯s Republic, writes Katie Duncan. China has overtaken Japan as...
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Power plays and sister acts
David Walker talks to Partha Dasgupta (right), the Cambridge economist who has focused on the third world's economic dynamos: women. Squatting; cooking; suckling; spinning; water-carrying; herding;...
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Access to a life-long college
North America is leading the way in providing a rich seam of electronic learning resources which can be tapped by communities which need them the most. Keith Yeomans reports from the US on the...
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Symbolic victory
Andrew Robinson reveals how the secrets of the ancient Maya are being uncovered as Linda Schele and her colleagues learn to decipher the first American writing system. "The American chronicle does...