In a thoroughly researched and clearly written account of the development experiences of mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, Alvin Rabushka examines three societies with similar populations but very different political and economic institutions. Rejecting one-dimensional explanations of successful development, Rabushka looks at the way in which

A twelve-lane behemoth cutting through the least scenic parts of the Garden State, the New Jersey Turnpike may lack the romantic allure of highways like Route 66, but it might just be a more accurate symbol of American life, representing the nation at both its best and its worst.When Angus Gillespie and Michael Rockland wrote Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1989, they simply wanted to express their fascination with a road that many commuters regarded with...

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 48: January 2021Lezli Robyn, EditorMartin Shoemaker, Assistant EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories by Kai Wolden, Michael Swanwick, Elise Stephens. Sean Patrick Hazlett, Nancy Kress, Dantzel CherrySerialization: Over the Wine Dark Sea by Harry TurtledoveColumns by: Gregory Benford, L. PenelopeRecommended Books: Richard ChwedykGalaxy's Edg...

A Magazine of Science Fiction and FantasyISSUE 46: September 2020Lezli Robyn, EditorMartin Shoemaker, Assistant EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories by: Errick A. Nunnally, Mike Resnick, K. A. Teryna (translation by Alex Shvartsman), Nancy Kress, Edward M. Lerner, Michael Swanwick, Marina J. Lostetter, Alvaro Zinos-AmaroSerialization: Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. ChalkerColumns by: Gregory...

Container shipping is a vital part of the global economy. Goods from all around the world, from vegetables to automobiles, are placed in large metal containers which are transported across the ocean in ships, then loaded onto tractor-trailers and railroad flatbeds. But when and where did this world-changing invention get started?This fascinating study traces the birth of containerization to Port Newark, New Jersey, in 1956 when trucker Malcom McLean thought of a brilliant new way t...

Every time Grace tries to leap, she falls. She refuses to quit. As she practices for her ballet recital, she crashes through a fence and crushes some milkweed plants-the only place the monarch butterfly will lay her eggs. After Grace rescues a broken plant, she finds three monarch eggs. She decides to help the future butterflies grow. How hard could that be? Very-if you have teasing brothers, doubting friends, humiliating dance rehearsals, and can't find milkweed. But monarchs need more th...