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https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2025/12/silesian-polish.html Far Outliers: Silesian Polish My latest newsletter from Culture.pl contains a link to several observations by Janusz R. Kowalczyk about linguistic variation within Pol... far outliers silesian polish https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2006/08/head-heeb-on-un-peace-plan-for-lebanon.html Far Outliers: The Head Heeb on the UN Peace Plan for Lebanon The resolutely level-headed Head Heeb offers a positive take on the latest Franco-American UNSC resolution on Lebanon. 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Press , 2007; Publication of the American Dialect Society, no. 91;... far outliers hawaiian words bonin ogasawara speech https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2023/08/two-old-opium-smokers-in-vietnam.html Far Outliers: Two Old Opium Smokers in Vietnam From Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam, by Andrew X. Pham (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2... far outliers two old opium smokers https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2006/09/auden-on-yeats-in-1939-inspires-somali.html Far Outliers: Auden on Yeats in 1939 Inspires Somali in Canada in 2003 W. H. Auden seems a favorite poet to quote in these dark times. 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Press , 2007), pp. 56-57: In... far outliers dance hall uighur urumqi https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2004/03/medieval-al-maghreb-and-al-murabitun.html Far Outliers: Medieval al-Maghreb and al-Murabitun and al-Muwahhidun in al-Andalus Lee Smith's backgrounder on Spain in Slate elaborates on al-Andalus mentioned in an earlier post . 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Norton, 2021), Kindle pp. 204-206: DESPITE ANOTHER ROUN... far outliers zhang deyi qing ambassador https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2020/06/inside-bubble-shanghai-1937.html Far Outliers: Inside the Bubble, Shanghai, 1939 From Last Boat Out of Shanghai , by Helen Zia (Ballantine, 2019), Kindle pp. 81-82: Blinded by their own good fortune and privilege, the c... far outliers inside the bubble shanghai https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2015/11/soviet-reluctance-to-invade-afghanistan.html Far Outliers: Soviet Reluctance to Invade Afghanistan, 1979 From Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89 , by Rodric Braithwaite (Oxford U. Press, 2011), Kindle Loc. 793-810, 980-992: Moreover... far outliers soviet reluctance invade afghanistan https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2004/02/visited-countries-map.html Far Outliers: Visited Countries Map Okay, these are the countries I've visited. Extra points if you can see Micronesia. 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From Adriatic : A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age, by Robert D. Kaplan (Random House, 2022), Kindle pp. 283-284: Once... far outliers europe https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2008/09/jackie-robinson-of-1905.html Far Outliers: The Jackie Robinson of 1905? Ten years ago in Harvard Magazine , Karl Lindholm briefly profiled Harvard graduate William Clarence Matthews, who some people at the time ... far outliers jackie robinson https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2007/11/grim-backgrounder-on-waziristan.html Far Outliers: A Grim Backgrounder on Waziristan In the forthcoming issue of the Claremont Review of Books , Stanley Kurtz reviews three books by Akbar S. Ahmed, a social anthropologist wh... far outliers grim backgrounder waziristan https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2004/05/thailand-dangers-of-jihadi-reprisal.html Far Outliers: Thailand: Dangers of Jihadi Reprisal The South Asia Analysis Group has just posted an analysis of the recent clash between Muslim youth and Thai police in the Pattani area of ... far outliers thailand dangers jihadi reprisal https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2011/03/railroad-vs-us-army-jobs-1854.html?showComment=1350884071754 Far Outliers: Railroad vs. U.S. Army Jobs, 1854 From A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862 , by Craig Miner ( U. Press of Kansas , 2010), p. 188: Similarly e... far outliers army jobs railroad vs https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2008/10/numbami-kinship-terminology-png.html Far Outliers: Numbami Kinship Terminology, PNG Speakers of the Numbami language in Papua New Guinea employ bifurcate merging , Iroquois-type kinship terminology . 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Press, 2012), Kindle pp. 322-3... far outliers turning german new farmers https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2013/10/haywood-sullivan-at-red-sox.html Far Outliers: Haywood Sullivan at the Red Sox From Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race , by Larry Colton (Hachette... far outliers at the haywood sullivan red https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2009/04/wordcatcher-tales-kipuka.html Far Outliers: Wordcatcher Tales: Kipuka I learned a new English borrowing from Hawaiian today, a scientific term probably borrowed around the same time as the terms for two types o... far outliers tales https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2021/09/ Far Outliers: September 2021 Exploring migrants, exiles, expatriates, and out-of-the-way peoples, places, and times, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region. far outliers september https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2006/02/david-hackett-fisher-interviewed.html Far Outliers: David Hackett Fisher Interviewed Historian David Hackett Fisher is interviewed at The American Enterprise Online . Here are a few bits that struck my fancy. 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From Irregular Regular: Recollections of Conflict Across the Globe (The Extraordinary Life of Colonel David Smiley Book 3, Sapere Books, 20... far outliers shot horses https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2007/07/north-korean-ideology-juche-as-kokutai.html Far Outliers: North Korean Ideology: Juche as Kokutai The North's successful quasi-Stalinist economic development did not mean that North Korea adopted the particular blend of Marxism-Leninism d... far outliers north korean ideology juche https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2006/07/who-andor-what-constitutes-nation-of.html Far Outliers: Who and/or What Constitutes the Nation of Tibet? During Tibet's brief period of de facto independence between the First World War and 1950, the Tibetan government controlled territory roug... far outliers or what the nation https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2004/04/19th-century-it-improvements-and.html Far Outliers: 19th-Century IT Improvements and Noncorporate Whaling Alaska-based econoblogger Ben Muse posted a couple of interesting historical observations recently, one on the 19th-century IT revolution ... far outliers century improvements whaling https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2023/04/ Far Outliers: April 2023 Exploring migrants, exiles, expatriates, and out-of-the-way peoples, places, and times, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region. far outliers april https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2025/10/german-officers-kit-1914.html Far Outliers: German Officer's Kit, 1914 From The Other Trench: The WW1 Diary and Photos of a German Officer , by Alexander Pfeifer and Philipp Cross (True Perspective Press, 2024)... far outliers german officer kit https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2007/09/mexicos-fayuca-boom-and-bust.html Far Outliers: Mexico's Fayuca Boom and Bust From True Tales from Another Mexico : The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx, by Sam Quinones ( U. New Mexico Press , 2... far outliers mexico boom bust https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2005/02/nick-kristof-on-north-korea.html Far Outliers: Nick Kristof on North Korea In the 10 February edition of the New York Review of Books , Nick Kristof reviews two recent books about North Korea: Under the Loving Care... far outliers nick kristof north korea https://brockley.blogspot.com/2010/01/far-outliers-in-salonica.html?showComment=1263849925894 Far Outliers in Salonica I recently came across the fascinating blog Far Outliers : "Exploring migrants, exiles, expatriates, and out-of-the-way peoples, places, and... far outliers salonica https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2006/08/wandering-russian-camera-in-north.html Far Outliers: Wandering Russian Camera in North Korea Russian photographer Peter Sobolev has posted a lengthy travelogue about North Korea, with commentary translated into English by Pavel Soko... far outliers wandering russian camera north https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2022/10/destroying-truk-february-1944.html Far Outliers: Destroying Truk, February 1944 From Ultra in the Pacific : How Breaking Japanese Codes and Ciphers Affected Naval Operations Against Japan, 1941-45 (The Secret War), by J... far outliers destroying truk february https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2017/08/hue-1968-winning-and-losing.html Far Outliers: Hue 1968: Winning and Losing From Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam , by Mark Bowden (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017), Kindle Loc. 8484-8494: Stil... far outliers hue winning losing https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2016/08/gen-kearny-frontier-diplomat.html Far Outliers: Gen. Kearny, Frontier Diplomat From Blood and Thunder : The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West, by Hampton Sides (Anchor, 2007), Kindle Loc. 5... far outliers gen kearny frontier diplomat https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2004/05/buruma-on-kiss-of-democracy.html Far Outliers: Buruma on the Kiss of Democracy Here's another selection from Ian Buruma's chapter on the Occupation--"Tokyo Boogie-Woogie"--in his book Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 (Modern... far outliers on the buruma kiss democracy https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2017/10/tourism-in-singapore.html Far Outliers: Tourism in Singapore From Singapore: Unlikely Power , by John Curtis Perry (Oxford U. Press, 2017), Kindle Loc. 4689-4718: As early as the 1960s, Albert Winsem... far outliers tourism singapore https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2022/11/last-naval-battle-of-world-war-ii.html Far Outliers: Last Naval Battle of World War II? From When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945 , by Barrett Tillman (Osprey, 2022), Kindle pp. 208-210: Meanwhile at sea, probably the last na... far outliers naval battle world war last ii https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2021/05/wordcatcher-tales-heni-kabu-mutant.html Far Outliers: Wordcatcher Tales: hen'i kabu 'mutant strain' In its Japan Focus section this week, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser introduced a new term that has been much in the Japanese news lately. Th... far outliers tales hen kabu mutant https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2012/12/ Far Outliers: December 2012 Exploring migrants, exiles, expatriates, and out-of-the-way peoples, places, and times, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region. far outliers december https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2014/11/homelessness-in-north-korea.html Far Outliers: Homelessness in North Korea far outliers homelessness north korea https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2005/03/pictures-after-earthquake-in-fukuoka.html Far Outliers: Pictures after the Earthquake in Fukuoka, Japan David A. Johnson , a Southern Baptist missionary in Fukuoka, has posted an interesting photo exhibit of the damage caused by the 20 March 2... far outliers pictures earthquake fukuoka japan https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2006/09/sumos-female-executives-okamisan.html Far Outliers: Sumo's Female Executives: Okamisan Among the long list of expectations Yokozuna Akebono faced were that he become a Japanese citizen and that, believe it or not, he get marrie... far outliers female executives sumo https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2020/12/tennessees-boss-crump-1930s.html Far Outliers: Tennessee's Boss Crump, 1930s From The Fighting Bunch , by Chris DeRose (St. Martin's, 2020), Kindle pp. 47-49: Athens, Tennessee, is closer to Dayton, Ohio, than it is ... far outliers tennessee boss crump https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2008/04/jenkins-by-other-names.html Far Outliers: Jenkins by Other Names The Reluctant Communist : My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea, by Charles Robert Jenkins with Jim Frede... far outliers by other jenkins names https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2012/11/spanish-fears-of-religious-encirclement.html Far Outliers: Spanish Fears of Religious Encirclement, 1568-69 From Imperial Spain: 1469-1716 , by J. H. Elliott (Penguin, 2002), 2nd ed., Kindle Loc. 4015-4044: In the Netherlands, in France, the forc... far outliers spanish fears religious https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2011/09/ Far Outliers: September 2011 Exploring migrants, exiles, expatriates, and out-of-the-way peoples, places, and times, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region. far outliers september https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2023/12/ottoman-rule-in-budun.html Far Outliers: Ottoman Rule in Budun From Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West , by Victor Sebestyen (Knopf Doubleday, 2023), Kindle pp. 64, 67-69: Almost every t... far outliers ottoman rule https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2004/02/samoan-slavery-sentencing-stalls.html Far Outliers: Samoan Slavery Sentencing Stalls The end of the biggest human trafficking case in U.S. history seemed imminent, with Attorney General John Ashcroft calling a news conference... far outliers samoan slavery sentencing stalls https://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2005/02/taiwans-2-28-incident.html Far Outliers: Taiwan's 2-28 Incident On the evening of February 27 [1947], six police officers attempted to arrest a women selling cigarettes illegally in Taibei. A policeman st... far outliers taiwan incident