Sunday, October 25, 2015

Symptoms of Modernity. Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna by Matti Bunzl.

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Symptoms of Modernity is an anthropological, cross-cultural study concerning the conditions and progress of the LGBT and Jewish communitie...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

The Illuminati Without Illusions. History Minus Modern Conspiracy Theory. From van Dulmen.

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The purpose of this essay is to offer the public a factual history of the Illuminati. There is so much misinformation and spurious (frankly...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Age of Conversation by Benedetta Craveri.

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Benedetta Craveri examines the world of the French salon from its genesis. Beginning in 1618 (the exact date is unknown), Mme de Rambouille...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Neanderthal Man by Savante Paabo

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Svante Paabo is a scientist who created and led a research team that uses genetic information to uncover the human past. Among their achiev...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

History of Rome by Michael Grant.

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Michael Grant’s History of Rome is as standard and scholarly a depiction on this subject as you will find anywhere. It is not highly origi...

Louis Blanc. His Life and His Contribution to the Rise of French Jacobin-Socialism by Leo A. Loubere.

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Most people outside of French institutions of higher learning know nothing about Louis Blanc. But during the 1848 Revolution, there was no ...

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

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According to Howard Zinn, most of what we are taught about history is “told from the point of view of governments, conquerors, diplomats an...