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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography

Site of house of Garðar Svavarson, the first house built in Iceland.

On the Anniversary of Iceland’s Independence

Iceland is celebrating its 80th anniversary. Three photograph collections shared on JSTOR show how much has—and hasn’t—changed on the island since independence.

Crashing surf on the shore of a Tonga Island

Natural Science

The Once and Future Island

There's a new island on Earth.

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A succession of authoritarian regimes birthed a strong tradition of collective action.

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Tyler S. Sprague on the Intersection of Structure and Design

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12 Poems by Frank O’Hara

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How to be a Modern Autocrat

In the twenty-first century, dictators are less likely than their predecessors to use violence to suppress dissent, cultivating instead “informational autocracies.”

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