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Collectively, these technologies weaned the United States off the familiar model of formal empire. They replaced colonization with globalization.
How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr
Take Denver. It is, as everyone knows, a mile high, but that rise is comparatively recent. When dinosaurs roamed the Earth, Denver was part of an ocean bottom, many thousands of feet lower.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
But other studies point to a risk that car sharing may, in fact, induce previously car-free residents to increase their car use. We therefore recommend more research into how to design car sharing programmes that truly reduce overall car use.
12 Best Ways to Get Cars Out of Cities – Ranked by New Research
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