David H. Montgomery Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Words, code and charts. Senior data journalist with @YouGovAmerica. Host of the French history podcast @TheSiecle.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Stephen GreenblattDavid H. Montgomery“Most teachers of the humanities lived itinerant lives, traveling from city to city, giving lectures on a few favorite authors, and then relentlessly moving on, in the hope of finding new patrons.” — Stephen Greenblatt on Italy in the early Renaissance (from “The Swerve”)
Paperback, 2012
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The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property
Rafe BlaufarbDavid H. Montgomery4 of 5 stars to The Great Demarcation by Rafe Blaufarb https://t.co/AjArQZE3fW
Paperback, 2019
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95: The Ideas That Birthed the Reformation
Martin LutherDavid H. MontgomeryIn 2028, the Declaration of Independence will be just as old to us as Martin Luther's 95 Theses were to the signers of the Declaration.
Paperback, 2017
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That Greece Might Still be Free: The Philhellenes in the War of Independence
William St ClairDavid H. Montgomery@M_E_Hoffman Thanks! You’ll find my feed is studded with little quotes like that the past day (and for a while before) as I read first Mazower and now St. Clair’s “That Greece Might Still Be Free” — so many parallels!
Hardcover, 2008
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A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy
James MacDonaldDavid H. MontgomeryPerpetual "consol" bonds were a huge part of 18th and 19th Century public finance, especially from the Bank of England. I learned all about this ages ago in @jmacd's "A Free Nation Deep in Debt: The Financial Roots of Democracy": https://t.co/yUuoKztiEG
Paperback, 2006
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Muscat Dhows Arbitration: The Counter-case
Great BritainDavid H. MontgomeryYou can make a fair argument for either Law or Baldwin as the first “Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.” (The first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was William Pitt the Younger.)
Paperback, 2023
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France
Mayo Williamson HazeltineDavid H. MontgomeryThis was the famous quote that French prime minister François Guizot said in 1840 — "Get rich through hard work and thriftiness" — to people objecting to France's electoral system that limited political power to those with sufficient wealth. Not an exact parallel, but still.
Paperback, 2019
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95 Theses
Martin LutherDavid H. MontgomeryIn 2028, the Declaration of Independence will be just as old to us as Martin Luther's 95 Theses were to the signers of the Declaration.
Paperback, 2014
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Les Misérables: A French historical novel
Victor HugoDavid H. Montgomery"To be ultra: this expression no longer has any meaning today, although what it represents may not have disappeared. It requires explanation. "To be ultra is to go to extremes… It is to be so much a supporter of things that you become their enemy.” — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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France
Guizot M. (François)David H. MontgomeryThis was the famous quote that French prime minister François Guizot said in 1840 — "Get rich through hard work and thriftiness" — to people objecting to France's electoral system that limited political power to those with sufficient wealth. Not an exact parallel, but still.
Hardcover, 2019
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