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Tag Archives: geography
How to Get FIPS Codes from Latitude and Longitude
FIPS codes are unique identifiers for geographic units within the US. Although they have technically been withdrawn as a standard, they are still widely used in political science and other applications for geographic categorization of data. For example, the CBS/New … Continue reading
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Tagged data, elections, geography, GIS, how-to, political science, programming, research, Ruby
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What Did Manifest Destiny Look Like?
“Manifest Destiny was the belief widely held by Americans in the 19th century that the United States was destined to expand across the continent. The concept, born out of ‘a sense of mission to redeem the Old World’, was enabled by … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, American politics, economics, education, elections, geography, graphics, history, how-to, maps, Mexico, political science, politics, voting, war
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Latitude, Longitude, and Culture
It is rare to see a “big idea” in social science that also lends itself to real-world analysis. A pessimistic categorization of the field might group researchers into “storytellers” and “regression runners.” Each group has a few stars who do … Continue reading
What Huntington Forgot
Earlier this week I complained on Twitter about having to read Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” for the umpteenth time when virtually every serious IR scholar knows he’s wrong. I really despise the “wrong but influential” line of argument, because it so … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, culture, geography, graphics, international relations, map, maps, politics, wrongness
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