Michael J. Kramer 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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At the Center: American Thought and Culture in the Mid-Twentieth Century
Casey Nelson BlakeMichael J. KramerPowerhouse panel tonight on Casey Nelson Blake, Daniel H. Borus & Howard Brick’s At the Center: American Thought and Culture in the Mid-Twentieth Century over at the virtual @Ideas_History #usih conference. https://t.co/kggGfHG3Tq
Paperback, 2021
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The Origins of Cool in Postwar America
Joel DinersteinMichael J. KramerTo feel free or to keep cool in the Cold War? A review essay about Louis Menand’s *The Free World* & Joel Dinerstein’s *The Origins of Cool in Postwar America,* over at the #USIH @Ideas_History Book Review. #culturerover https://t.co/VM8VD7SXea
Paperback, 2018
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s, with a New Preface
W. T. LhamonMichael J. Kramer@melnickjeffrey1 WT Lhamon’s Deliberate Speed? David Hadju has some good riffs on the long running “jungle” motif in US pop music in Love For Sale. Jennifer Stoever-Ackerman had an essay on Blackboard Jungle in the Sound Clash volume. Sure there’s more.
Paperback, 2002
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Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History
Devin McKinneyMichael J. Kramer@WilliamHogeland @MichaelHattem @AeonSkoble You might find Devin McKinney (@IAmHackamore)'s wonderfully strange book Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History intriguing on this topic. He argues that Sgt. Pepper is a countercultural "coverup" and that The White Album is the ultimate Beatles album.
Paperback, 2004
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American Exceptionalism: A New History of an Old Idea
Ian TyrrellMichael J. KramerReally enjoyed @rcandidas's sharp, sobering review of Ian Tyrell's American Exceptionalism: A New History of an Old Idea over at #usih book review. https://s-usih.org/2022/04/richard-candida-smith-on-ian-tyrrells-american-exceptionalism-a-new-history-of-an-old-idea/#comment-60576
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The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob DylanMichael J. KramerGot to thinking: is @bobdylan's new book The Philosophy of Modern Song a kind of intriguing remake of his 1966 book Tarantula just as the film Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story was a sort of brilliant rethinking of Renaldo & Clara? #dylanology CC: @ElijahWald https://t.co/sEUyR7Sujl
Hardcover, 2022
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The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo Da Vinci to Susan Sontag
Peter BurkeMichael J. KramerIn a contemporary moment when specialized academic knowledge is at once privileged & lambasted, Priscila Dorella’s review of Peter Burke’s The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag is worth a read. https://t.co/gcL8JWhyR2 #usih #publichistory
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heart: An American Medical Odyssey
Dick CheneyMichael J. Kramer@doctaj At the very first PopCon, over beers, I asked a Brit pop music scholar with a kind of 77 UK punk vibe how Strummer could die of heart attack while Dick Cheney was still alive. He said, without missing a beat, “because you need a heart to have a heart attack.”
Paperback, 2016
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One-Way Street: And Other Writings
Walter BenjaminMichael J. KramerWork on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.—Walter Benjamin, One Way Street https://t.co/8tNZdeTACD #culturerover
Paperback, 2021
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The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History
Jennifer Ratner-RosenhagenMichael J. KramerOver at #usih @Ideas_History, @andrew_seal has a fascinating review of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History that critiques the book's "conversations with the past" framework & its persistent return to the "classics" of US intellectual history.
Hardcover, 2019
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