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Victorious Weimar: Reframing the German Revolution
Review of November 1918: The German Revolution, by Robert Gerwarth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)
Inequality After Apartheid
Review of Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit, by Hennie van Vuuren (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019)
“Allese Rondade”, that is to say, ‘Shoot!’”
Review of Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America, by David J. Silverman (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2016)
The Battle of Bosworth Field
… author and statesman Thomas More (c.1478-1435) fashioned a history of England in which Richard was a humpbacked man … accounts like More’s to inform his own version of England’s history. More, however, had worked for both Henry VII and … Curry. Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered . Oxbow Books, 2013. Hicks, Michael. The Wars of the Roses . Yale …
Revenants, Vampires, and Ghosts, Oh My! European Folklore and the Supernatural
… dead. William of Newburgh’s Historia Rerum Anglicarum ( History of English Affairs ), describes an incident in which … medieval legends of the restless dead? As with most history, no single answer suffices. These stories grew in … great vampire fiction authors of tomorrow? If our ideas of history can adapt to new information, so too can our …
The Feminine Mystique
… ways to break out of the feminine mystique. Given Friedan’s history as an advocate for working-class and working women … continues to be recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and one of the leading …
Secularism, Past and Future
Review of Secularism: Politics, Religion, and Freedom, by Andrew Copson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017)
… amendment adopted in 1976. Copson does not present new history in these considerations, but he usefully underscores …
Knighthood As It Was, Not As We Wish It Were
Review of Chivalry in Medieval England, by Nigel Saul (Harvard University Press, 416 pp, 2011, ISBN 978-0-674-06368-6)
… how things are now. Yet in point of fact, the idealistic history we imagine is almost always entirely false and it is … past and figure out where romanticism ends and actual history begins. In Chivalry in Medieval England , Nigel Saul … he discusses one of the most distorted topics in medieval history: the code of chivalry. Although not without its …
The Great Fire of Rome
… Fire is an unquestionably important event in international history. For hundreds of years, it has signified a key … and sometimes rewritten entirely. Further Reading: Roman History Introduction: Potter, David S. Ancient Rome: A New History . Third Edition. New York, New York: Thames & …
The Old World Meets the Neolithic Age
Review of The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Ages of Columbus, by David Abulafia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008)
… story, but one that does not tell the entire history of Europe's meeting with the native populations of … the Bible ever mentioned, is the main theme of Abulafia's history. The indigenous peoples of the Americas both … the modern individual emerged to take his place in history. This is an extremely interesting part of the book, …
What to Do About the Money?
Review of Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD, by Brown, Peter (Princeton University Press, 2012)
Russia’s Trial by Fire
Review of Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921, by Laura Engelstein Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017
… of the 1917 Russian Revolution with a flood of new books which explore the Revolution and its long-term impact … it will appeal to both specialists in the field of Russian history and to general audiences that wish to unpack the rich and complex history of the Russian Revolution. …
The New Normal (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 8)
… we can learn from the last 200 years of women's political history to better inform our present, and future. For … Dr. Joan Flores-Villalobos is a historian of women's history who recently joined the University of Southern California's history department. And she found that her students were …
The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC
Review of The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000-3500 BC, by David W. Anthony and Jennifer Y. Chi (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. pp. 254)
… the rest of the book. The second chapter presents a brief history of archaeology in Romania, whose roots as an … in learning about a burgeoning field in European prehistory—and rethinking some assumptions and conclusions …
In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, The Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement
Review of In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, The Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement, by Michael Lienesch (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2007)
… In the Beginning . Lienesch begins with a brief but solid history of the development of American fundamentalism. … continuance up to today. As well as providing a detailed history of the movement, Lienesch, a political scientist, … the past seventy-five years combined. Given the plethora of books on Scopes, including Edward Larson's excellent Summer …
"Lone Wolves" No More
Review of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America, by Kathleen Belew (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… the Oklahoma City bombing squarely within the longer history of a White Power movement that had its genesis in …
Bon Appetit, Historically Speaking
Review of A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800 , by Susan Pinkard (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009)
… the importance of fresh and local ingredients. Many cookbooks published in past ten years promise simple and … some of the primary sources available for studying the history of food in this period. Pinkard's summary of early … as restaurants developed in the eighteenth century and cookbooks became less expensive and readily available. …
The Anatomy of the Military-Industrial Complex
Review of State of War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1945-2011, by Paul A. C. Koistinen (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2012)
… through our foreign aid. This is a quiet, measured history, but it is not without a point of view, one which … other words, that Eisenhower was right. Sometimes writing history is about charting change over time. Sometimes it is …
Episodes of Ambivalent Empire
Review of “Our Hemisphere”? The United States in Latin America, from 1776 to the Twenty-First Century by : Britta H. Crandall and Russell C. Crandall (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2021)
Why We Love the Vikings
… the Vikings and Norse mythology are having a moment. From History Channel’s Vikings to Marvel’s Thor films, to … remember. Icelanders in particular had a keen interest in history, as evidenced by works such as The Sagas of … of Vikings paved the way for many of the shows and books mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, with …
Brexit: Dividing the United Kingdom
… Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In this month’s History Talk , we speak with Professors Laura Beers and Ian … Eric Michael Rhodes Hello and welcome to History Talk . We're the podcast that brings together … Britain is Dr. Laura Beers. She's associate professor of history at American University in Washington. There, Dr. …
Colombia: On the Brink of Peace with the FARC?
… demobilization constitutes a major shift in the political history of that republic. Colombians marching against FARC … era. Political Violence and Violent Politics: Colombia’s History Political violence has been a mainstay of Colombian … of protracted peace are the aberration in Colombia’s history, not the other way around. Political activity and …
