Peter A. Shulman ๐ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Peter A. Shulman is an author and professor of history. Historian of sci, tech, and American politics. Author of *Coal & Empire* w/@JHUPress. Associate Professor of History @CWRU. Edits @HistOpinion. I โค๏ธ Archives.

The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past
John Lewis Gaddis
If you want a short, highly readable discussion utterly dismantling such ill-informed assertions, might I suggest this little gem by John Lewis Gaddis: The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past https://t.co/gJ7ewZvts3
Paperback, 2004
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Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768
Philip A. Kuhn
I always read Greg Dening's magnificent Mr Bligh's Bad Language as a microhistory. And Philip Kuhn's Soulstealers. Others?
Paperback, 2007
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Herman Melville
@codecarpenter This is the one Iโm listening to I'm listening to (though it did leave out the many epigraphs at the beginning) Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, narrated by Frank Muller: https://t.co/BlRUzTCbUE https://t.co/iLdKwtI8hH
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Christmas
Charles Dickens
RT @SeanCarleton: Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is set in Victorian London in 1843, which is also the year the HBC moved its fur tradโฆ
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Empire
Michael Hardt
@BrendanNyhan @williamadler78 On the back of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negriโs Empire I had to read in grad school, Negriโs affiliation was listed as the prison in which he was then serving the 13 years of his reduced sentence.
Paperback, 2001
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Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
George Perkins Marsh
George Perkins Marsh published his monumental Man and Nature in 1864, which was motivated by a concern for environmental degradation and even extinction; the book would heavily influence late-19th century policy https://t.co/fgvsLEOQPB
Paperback, 2003
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Herman Melville
@codecarpenter This is the one Iโm listening to I'm listening to (though it did leave out the many epigraphs at the beginning) Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, narrated by Frank Muller: https://t.co/BlRUzTCbUE https://t.co/iLdKwtI8hH
Out of stock

MR Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty
Greg Dening
I always read Greg Dening's magnificent Mr Bligh's Bad Language as a microhistory. And Philip Kuhn's Soulstealers. Others?
Paperback, 2002
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
RT @SeanCarleton: Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is set in Victorian London in 1843, which is also the year the HBC moved its fur tradโฆ
Paperback, 2020
$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
@codecarpenter This is the one Iโm listening to I'm listening to (though it did leave out the many epigraphs at the beginning) Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, narrated by Frank Muller: https://t.co/BlRUzTCbUE https://t.co/iLdKwtI8hH
Paperback, 2011
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book