Civil War death toll may be really off
Demographic historian J. David Hacker of Binghamton University talks with Robert Seigel of NPR’s All Things Considered about how he arrived at his new estimate of Civil War casualties. Read more
A burden too heavy to bear
Was there something about Southern society in the Civil War era that made suicide more likely? And what effect did so many suicides have on a society that before the war had roundly, even punitively, condemned the act? Binghamton historian Diane Miller Sommerville considers these questions in The New York Times’ Disunion blog. Read more
New estimate raises Civil War death toll
By combing through newly digitized census data from the 19th century, J. David Hacker, a demographic historian from Binghamton University, has recalculated the Civil War death toll, the New York Times reports. Read more
How your cat is making you crazy
Chris Reiber, a biomedical anthropologist at Binghamton, tells The Atlantic that the flu virus might boost our desire to socialize. It’s one of several theories in a piece devoted to parasites and their effect on behavior. Read more
Will Amazon kill off publishers?
Author Thomas Glave, professor of English at Binghamton University, writes for the New York Times’ Room for Debate about what Amazon’s entry into publishing may mean for independent publishing houses. Read more
The Evolution of Binghamton, Block by Block
Mark Oppenheimer reviews David Sloan Wilson’s new book in the New York Times. Read more
Can evolution breed better communities?
National Public Radio’s John Ydstie speaks to Binghamton biologist David Sloan Wilson about his new book, The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time. Read more
