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Stating that all NSS data is prejudiced or biased against urban areas or is not reliable due to sampling design is puerile, akin to throwing out the baby with the bathwater
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Stating that all NSS data is prejudiced or biased against urban areas or is not reliable due to sampling design is puerile, akin to throwing out the baby with the bathwater
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Editor’s Note “Broad early modern comparative projects often fail to address Africa at all. A search of the MLAIB [Modern Language Association International Bibliography] finds that the number of pieces published in the last thirty years on the subject of ‘globalization’ is in the thousands, and yet only 5 per cent of them address Africa or African countries. When it comes to eighteenth-century studies, the exclusion is total: not one of the pieces on globalization addresses Africa or African countries. Not one. … This is more than unfortunate. No arena of study can be successful...
Editor's Note Broad early modern comparative projects often fail to address Africa at all. A search of the MLAIB [Modern Language Association International Bibliography] finds that the number of pieces published in the last thirty years on the subject of 'globalization' is in the thousands, and yet only 5 per cent of them address Africa or African countries. When it comes to eighteenth-century studies, the exclusion is total: not one of the pieces on globalization addresses Africa or African countries. Not one. This is more than unfortunate. No arena of study can be successful that has ...