...Elizabeth Schmidt A new book by Frederick Cooper seeks to change our understanding both of Africa's role in the global economy over the centuries and of how the independent nation-state replaced colonial rule. Africa in the World: Capitalism, Empire, Nation-State , by Frederick Cooper...

...Frederick Hale What concerns social scientists, of course, is the question of who will support an aging population legally entitled to lifelong social security. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California 112 What concerns social scientists...