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Silk production

Who produced silk in 1838 Lacedaemon? Map them with a Heurist database.

Where did cotton grow?

Where did cotton grow in 1838 Lacedaemon? A Heurist database can help map the answer.

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Παπαϊωάννου, Χρ. “Γεωργοοικονομική έρευνα της κωμοπόλεως Αρναίας.” Δελτίον Αγροτικής Τραπέζης Ελλάδος 5, no. 2 (1940): 146–87.

KW: history; agriculture; environment; Greece; interwar

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Farmer, Paul. “The Caregivers’ Disease.” London Review of Books, May 21, 2015 (http://bit.ly/1QJfL7Q, accessed 14 May 2015).

Παγουλάτος, Γιώργος. “Το Κούγκι Της Παιδείας", Καθημερινή (10 Μαΐου 2015) http://bit.ly/1H5Ht7V

Favourite malaria quotes

“Considering how best to spend their limited funds, the Italians had fallen back on intensive quinine therapy, a time-honored resource with a history of 300 years of continual defeat.”
L.W. Hackett, “Once Upon a Time. Presidential Address,” American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 9 (1960): 110-11.