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HUCKSTERS & HYPERBOLE

To Europeans intellectuals of the eighteenth century,  America was a battleground of ideas; the war between Nature and civilization.And its proponents did not mince words.  Respected academics like Comte de Buffon reported that domesticated animals imported from Europe as well … Continue reading

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