Dr Sarah Taber 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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Crop scientist, ex-farmworker, industrial safety pro, host of Farm to Taber podcast. https://t.co/26TnV5Vfc6; @sarahtaber@mastodon.online; @sarahtaber .bsky.socia
The Half Has Never Been Told
C. Randy WhiteDr Sarah Taber@MuseWendi Baptist's The Half Has Never Been Told & Merritt's Masterless Men cover some of this. See also the Orientalist notion of harems being cadres of white & Black women catfighting each other *over men,* bc that was the dynamic western men wished to see in slavery/households.
Paperback, 2022
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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Edward E. BaptistDr Sarah Taber@MelisFS "The Half Has Never Been Told" by Ed Baptist. I don't love "slavery was bad bc it hurt the earth" framing. The human toll came first, continued through Jim Crow, & we can't understand agbiz today until we really grapple with that *human* toll ag is happy to take.
Paperback, 2016
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The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits
Zeynep TonDr Sarah Taber@thebhgg I mean there's tons of good stuff out there, but in terms of making sense of why ::gestures broadly:: this al looks the way it does, & what to do about it... yeah that definitely covers the basics (The Good Jobs Strategy by Zeynep Ton is great re: "how to fix it" too!)
Hardcover, 2014
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The Mormons: Or Latter-day Saints, With Memoirs of the Life and Death of Joseph Smith, the American Mahomet.
Joseph SmithDr Sarah Taber@Maladroithe see this is what the mormons said too visualize joseph smith in his early Backwoods Twink era going "hmmmmm the trinity, amongst other things, makes no damn sense, the preachers must be making shit up"
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Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm
Sarah K. MockDr Sarah Taber@emdubin The best we can do right now is frank talk about what the real problems ARE. Sarah Mock's book "Farm and other F Words is really good. "Braiding Sweetgrass" & "The Dawn of Everything" are great for picking out how fucked-up our idea is of how ag & society are "supposed" to look.
Paperback, 2021
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Atul GawandeDr Sarah Taber@emdubin "The Good Jobs Strategy" by Zeynep Ton is a GREAT start. See also "The Toyota Way" by Taiichi Ohno, "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande, "How Fucked Up Is Your Management" by Melissa & John Nightingale.
Paperback, 2011
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A Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investment: Buy low sell high
Riley MoneyDr Sarah Tabernormal buyers: want to buy low, sell high money launderers & tax evaders: want to blow as much money as possible on assets
Paperback, 2019
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
Douglas RushkoffDr Sarah TaberQuotes from "Survival of the Richest" by Douglas Rushkoff. https://t.co/mSA0wuhl29
Paperback, 2023
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Farmers Helping Farmers: The Rise of the Farm and Home Bureaus, 1914-1935
Nancy K. BerlageDr Sarah TaberAgain, this whole story plays out extremely clearly in farm publications from about 1900-1960. You can find details in Nancy Berlage's "Farmers Helping Farmers."
Hardcover, 2016
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberDr Sarah Taber"The Dawn of Everything" by David Wengrow & the late David Graeber. Sick of the "we can't have nice things bc agriculture has locked us into oppressive, hierarchical societies" version of human history? So were the authors (: https://t.co/oDRZXihKVo
Paperback, 2023
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