Dr. Trevon D Logan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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ENGIE-Axium Endowed Prof Econ @OhioState, Assoc Dean @ASCatOSU, Co-Dir @AEAMP1. Economic History, Race, Applied Econ, and #LEGOS. #ADOS Tweets=my own

I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
Kidada E. Williams
Just finished reading @KidadaEWilliams “I Saw Death Coming” and it is a MAJOR contribution to the history of Reconstruction. It adds important dimensions to the narrative and takes us away from the concept of “failure” and moves us to the (more accurate) concept of “terror” 1/N https://t.co/qfUNlOWocI
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom
Johan Fourie
Finally out in print-- @JohanFourieZA's "Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom." This is a novel introduction to world economic history that places African economic history at the center. Highly recommended. https://t.co/HhcBpOVBNh
Paperback, 2022
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline
Fabio Rojas
@dem8z Fabio Rojas's "From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline" (JHU Press, 2010) comes close as a history of Black Studies departments, and we could always use more!
Paperback, 2010
$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
States' Laws on Race and Color
Pauli Murray
We also code up the great Pauli Murray’s “States Laws on Race and Color” (criminally neglected in economic history!) and find that non-discriminatory public accommodations were correlated with discriminatory (negative) and non-discriminatory (positive) state laws circa 1950. https://t.co/SfeWH73ufG
Paperback, 2016
$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
But There Was No Peace: The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction
George C. Rable
@RichardPCondon Egerton, Douglas. The Wars of Reconstruction (2014) Hahn, Steven. A Nation under Our Feet(2005) Kousser, J. Morgan. The Shaping of Southern Politics(1974) Rable, George. But There Was No Peace (2007) Sterling, Dorothy. The Trouble They Seen(1994) J. Lynch Facts of Reconstruction
Paperback, 2007
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
Richard J. Herrnstein
I’ll never forget Arthur Goldberger and Charles Manski’s review of “The Bell Curve” in Journal of Economic Literature. Why? They said Murray’s analysis was at times “worse than useless because it lead to false inferences.” So there’s that. He’s still spouting racist trash… https://t.co/gFEiMgD6ad
Paperback, 1996
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Just Above My Head
James Baldwin
Unpopular opinion: "Just Above My Head" is James Baldwin's greatest novel. By a mile.
Paperback, 2000
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
A #BlackHistoryMonth question: What is the title of the “missing chapter” from Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, and when was it published?
Paperback, 1995
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Lorraine Hansberry
There are very, very few playwrights who would get me off of the island of Manhattan, but Lorraine Hansberry is definitely one of them. Seeing a major production of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” is a major treat! https://t.co/AST3heGoau
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Economics of Structural Racism
Patrick L. Mason
BIG NEWS!! "The Economics of Structural Racism: Stratification Economics and US Labor Markets" is out now! So excited to see this book from one of the founders of stratification economics, Patrick Mason. Order your copy today! https://t.co/9hRmiT3nj0
Paperback, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book