TOPICS IN THE DIGITAL HUMAN
MACROANALYSIS
MATTHEW L. JOCKERS
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
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sore sparsely populated West produced more books per capita,
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American author being tiled inthe ery part ofthe twentieth
century thee data revel a counteristtive tend in trary productivity. Geo.
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religious markersin thiscase—over ime nd by eion the analysis of public
fom igo trough 2000 te wage ef maker words
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