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A review by scotchneat
Natural Experiments of History by James A. Robinson, Jared Diamond
3.0
An interesting group of "stories" by academics and researchers, about ingenious studies in the social sciences that can't be quantified or viewed in the clean controlled environment of the lab. In fact, in some cases, it would be illegal to do so.
Comparative studies give social science another way to get at rich data, and some of the ones in this book are quite intriguing.
I especially enjoyed a socio-linguistic analysis of related languages and how they reveal the relative economies and political structures in their deviations.
The post-analysis about methodologies is way dry (Diamond again), but there were some good, interesting insights.
Comparative studies give social science another way to get at rich data, and some of the ones in this book are quite intriguing.
I especially enjoyed a socio-linguistic analysis of related languages and how they reveal the relative economies and political structures in their deviations.
The post-analysis about methodologies is way dry (Diamond again), but there were some good, interesting insights.