http://www.vaclavsmil.com/why-america-is-not-a-new-rome/ Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.vaclavsmil.com/why-america-is-not-a-new-rome/#comment-41 On the singularity, the real one (1) | History and Futility Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:56:08 +0000 http://smil.olibro.com/?p=297#comment-41 [...] for example) could expect to live as long as forty. Vaclav Smil pointed out in last year’s Why America is Not a New Rome that the lived health experience alone of Romans was entirely foreign to the modern experience of [...]

]]> http://www.vaclavsmil.com/why-america-is-not-a-new-rome/#comment-37 Bill Gates Reviews “Why America is Not a New Rome” | Vaclav Smil Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:41:12 +0000 http://smil.olibro.com/?p=297#comment-37 [...] Smil has written another very informative book called “Why America is Not a New Rome.” This is the third book of his to come out this year. I have previously reviewed and recommended [...]

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