Andrew Hartman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Teach history at @IllinoisStateU. Write books: Education & the Cold War; A War for the Soul of America; Karl Marx in America (in progress w/ @UChicagoPress)

Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis
Benjamin Kunkel
Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom Mike Davis, Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory Benjamin Kunkel, Utopia or Bust China Miéville, A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
Paperback, 2014
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives
Adolph L. Reed
Also read Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism (yes very late to the game) and Adolph Reed’s The South during the past holiday week. Highly recommend both as revealing of our current social world.
Paperback, 2025
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
Martin Hägglund
Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom Mike Davis, Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory Benjamin Kunkel, Utopia or Bust China Miéville, A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
Paperback, 2020
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A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx
Sven-Eric Liedman
“The tools Marx developed for his analysis of society & history are still sharp but lie unused far too often, despite the fact we live in a period of striking similarity to Marx’s own.” Sven-Eric Liedman, "A World to Win: The Life & Works of Karl Marx," trans. Skinner @VersoBooks
Paperback, 2019
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Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics and Economy in the History of the Us Working Class
Mike Davis
Mike Davis plenary speakers/books we will address: @NelsonLichtens1 Prisoners of the American Dream Ana Muñiz City of Quartz & Magical Urbanism @MelaniMcA Late Victorian Holocausts Salim Yaqub: Buda’s Wagon & In Praise of Barbarians Me: Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory https://t.co/MTQOHOdOrE
Paperback, 2018
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American Marxism
Mark R. Levin
I read Mark Levin's profoundly stupid book American Marxism but couldn't stomach writing a review. Glad @mkazin had the stomach for such a task. Michael makes some good points, as usual. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mark-levin-american-marxism/
Hardcover, 2021
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American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild
From Eric Foner's review of Adam Hochschild's new book, "American Midnight," in @thenation (@BooksandtheArts). https://t.co/neml8Zs099
Paperback, 2023
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The Making of the English Working Class
E. P. Thompson
Enjoying the irony of seeing this tweet on the same day I'm reading EP Thompson, THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS, for tonight's grad seminar. https://t.co/P2BWlPFzNr
Paperback, 1966
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A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
China Miéville
Martin Hägglund, This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom Mike Davis, Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx’s Lost Theory Benjamin Kunkel, Utopia or Bust China Miéville, A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
Paperback, 2022
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919
Ann Hagedorn
@ClementsAustinJ Ann Hagedorn, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919
Paperback, 2008
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