Atlantic History: A Critical Appraisal (Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change over Time)
By: Jack P. Greene
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Atlantic history, with its emphasis on inter-regional developments that transcend national borders,…
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1. Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life
By: Steven Shapin , Simon Schaffer
4.01
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
In the aftermath of the English Civil War, as people were groping for new forms of political order,… read more
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2. At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
By: Danielle L. McGuire
4.47
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
Groundbreaking, controversial, and courageous, here is the story of Rosa Parks and Recy Taylor—a st… read more
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"Often ignored by civil rights historians, a number of campaigns led to trials and even convictions throughout the South. These cases, many virtually unknown, broke with Southern tradition and fractur…"-Danielle L. McGuire, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
"Judge Carter sat in stony silence, completely unmoved. At the end of the trial, he pronounced King guilty of conspiracy to violate the 1921 law and ordered him to pay a five-hundred-dollar fine or se…"-Danielle L. McGuire, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
3. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
By: Steven Johnson
3.89
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcol… read more
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"New ideas need old buildings."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It is a great testimony to the connectedness of life on earth that the fates of the largest and the tiniest life should be so closely dependent on each other."-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"When the next great epidemic does come, maps will be as crucial as vaccines in our fight against the disease. But again, the scale of the observation will have broadened considerably: from a neighbor…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
"It’s true enough that the Victorians were grappling with heady issues like utilitarianism and class consciousness. But the finest minds of the era were also devoted to an equally pressing question: W…"-Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
4. Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
By: Michel-Rolph Trouillot
4.36
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Placing the West's failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside den… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- world history
"I find it hard to harness respect for those who genuinely believe that postmodernity, whatever it may be, allows us to claim no roots."-Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
"We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be, but if we stop pretending we may gain in understanding what we lose in false innocence. Naiveté is often an excuse for those who exerc…"-Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But not…"-Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
5. The Prince
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Adolph Caso , Rufus Goodwin , Benjamin Martinez
3.84
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following… read more
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"Is it better to be loved or feared?"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command"-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
"It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather."-Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
6. Atlantic History: Concept and Contours
By: Bernard Bailyn
3.66
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Atlantic history is a newly and rapidly developing field of historical study. Bringing together ele… read more
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- history
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- european history
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7. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
By: Charles C. Mann
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Over 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. They developed different … read more
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- world history
8. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
By: John Kelly
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
La moria grandissimabegan its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, le… read more
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9. The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic
By: Peter Linebaugh , Marcus Rediker
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Using a decade of original research into the 17th and 18th century, this text unearths ideas and st… read more
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10. The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
By: None
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
The McCarthy era is generally considered the worst period of political repression in recent America… read more
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11. Leonardo da Vinci
By: Walter Isaacson
3.72
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
A #1 New York Timesbestseller "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creat… read more
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12. Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two
By: Allan Bérubé
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
Despite the many histories of the fighting men and women in World War II, none has been written abo… read more
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13. Mosquito Empires: Ecology and War in the Greater Caribbean, 1620-1914
By: John Robert McNeill
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Hardcover
This book explores the links among ecology, disease, and international politics in the context of t… read more
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14. Empire of Cotton: A Global History
By: Sven Beckert
3.67
Format: 363 pages, Hardcover
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, a… read more
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15. A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland
By: None
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is a biography of a borderland between Russia and Poland, a region where, in 1925, people iden… read more
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16. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.73
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more
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"Let us not reason like cowards,"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"There is no story that is not true."-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
17. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
By: Lucy Adlington
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching … read more
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"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que era pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que c…"-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
"En Auschwitz-Birkenau, los internos aprendieron enseguida que eran pocas las pertenencias personales realmente esenciales para vivir: ropa, calzado y un plato para la comida. Más allá de eso, lo que …"-Lucy Adlington, The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
18. The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed
By: Wendy Lower
4.16
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A single photograph — an exceptionally rare “action shot” documenting the horrific final moment of … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
19. A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism
By: Paul A. Hanebrink
3.46
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive account of the evolution and exploitation of the Judeo-Bolshevik myth, from… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- european history
20. The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution
By: Julius S. Scott
4.30
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary era Th… read more
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- nonfiction
- world history
21. The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
By: David Abulafia
4.23
Format: 1088 pages, Hardcover
A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the aw… read more
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- nonfiction
- world history
22. In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918–1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust
By: Jeffrey Veidlinger
4.34
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD * SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE “The mass ki… read more
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- history
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23. Atlantic History: A Critical Appraisal (Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change over Time)
By: Jack P. Greene
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Atlantic history, with its emphasis on inter-regional developments that transcend national borders,… read more
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- european history
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24. Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World
By: Liam Campling
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and … read more
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25. From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe
By: John Connelly
4.20
Format: 968 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to today In the … read more
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- nonfiction
- european history
- world history
26. Secret Cures of Slaves: People, Plants, and Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
By: Londa Schiebinger
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the natural course of events, humans fall sick and die. The history of medicine bristles with at… read more
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- nonfiction
27. Building the Devil's Empire: French Colonial New Orleans
By: Shannon Lee Dawdy
3.70
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Building the Devil’s Empire is the first comprehensive history of New Orleans’s early years, tracin… read more
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28. A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century (The Modern American West)
By: Flannery Burke
3.53
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
A Land Apart is not just a cultural history of the modern Southwest—it is a complete rethinking and… read more
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29. Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 1500-1700
By: Peter Dear
3.56
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
From Copernicus, who put the earth in orbit around the sun, to Isaac Newton, who gave the world uni… read more
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