Aaron Freedman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Aaron Freedman on XPhD student @CUHistoryDept, grad worker @UAW @SW_Columbia. Labor, finance, political economy in postwar US. Words @washingtonpost @theprospect @jewishcurrents.

The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Lorraine HansberryThe Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window felt surprisingly fresh for a play about radicals from the 60s, which I think is a testament to just how prescient Black Communists like Lorraine Hansberry were
Paperback, 2021
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Silverview
John Le CarréLate to the party on this, but @jake_bittle’s essay on Le Carré, Silverview, and surveillance is masterful https://newrepublic.com/article/163965/john-le-carres-genius-surveillance-silverview-review
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Jefferson CowieThe Bernie-as-McGovern (and Hilary-as-McGovern!) comparison that actually holds up (Jefferson Cowie, Stayin' Alive, pp. 95) https://t.co/uS3fNCZgmZ
Paperback, 2012
$28.00Member price:$26.60 + Free shipping5% off
Hawaii
James A. MichenerJames Michener -Hawaii -Texas -Space -Poland https://t.co/KrhG9q3Y4D
Paperback, 2002
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War
Alan BrinkleyThe End of Reform, or, what if all those left policy substackers you follow got to run the government, by Alan Brinkley
Paperback, 1996
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow South Florida
N. D. B. ConnollyTIL William Jennings Bryan took $100k in the 1920s to talk up Miami’s real estate market. His condition? Being allowed to teach Bible every Sunday in a park downtown (Connolly, A World More Concrete)
Paperback, 2016
$29.00Member price:$29.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage
Todd GitlinAnother parlor game: who from the 2010s US left scene is most likely to do a Todd Gitlin “The Sixties” type book in 15 years?
Paperback, 1993
$23.00Member price:$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyAlways read @tonytula https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/sally-rooney-beautiful-world-where-are-you/
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Celeste WilsonTrue to the maxim that truth is stranger than fiction, How to with John Wilson does what High Maintenance tried but failed—to capture the enduring idiosyncrasy of New York https://t.co/oT77HJyJyU
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The Road to Mecca
Athol Fugard“Mr. Musk, what is your favorite play by Athol Fugard?” “Well I have to say THE ROAD TO MECCA” “The only one without any Black people, very interesting…”
Paperback, 2015
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book