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Bryan Banks Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Historian of France/Atlantic World, Assoc. Prof @CSUHistoryGP, Writing a book on Huguenot refugees. Co-founder @AgeofRevs, he/they

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Book Cover for: Global Refuge: Huguenots in an Age of Empire, Owen Stanwood

Global Refuge: Huguenots in an Age of Empire

Owen Stanwood
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@reba_wissner @cwoodn73 @tlecaque You all are so nice. Owen Stanwood's recent book The Global Refuge is the place to look for this. https://t.co/vVFOY33NLI

Hardcover, 2020

$47.99Member price:$47.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Orientalism, Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said
Bryan BanksBryan Banks

That time that JGA Pocock begrudgingly referenced Edward Said when discussing Orientalism. https://t.co/460JFwV6Rq

Paperback, 1979

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: On Revolution, Hannah Arendt

On Revolution

Hannah Arendt
Bryan BanksBryan Banks

One essay I would love to see on @AgeofRevs is an analysis of Hannah Arendt's On Revolution and its lessons we should pay attention to today. Any takers? CC: @LyndseyStonebri @Samantharhill @ArendtNetwork @Arendt_Center https://t.co/der4KNsguF

Paperback, 2006

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard, Peter Linebaugh

Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard

Peter Linebaugh
Bryan BanksBryan Banks

@NushPowell Peter Linebaugh references this as a joke used in the 18th/19th century in his Red Round Globe Hot Burning book. If it's not the source of the idiom, its a very curious use of it.

Paperback, 2021

$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book