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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 โค๏ธ Archives.

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Book Cover for: The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past, John Lewis Gaddis

The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past

John Lewis Gaddis
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

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

$18.98$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768, Philip A. Kuhn

Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768

Philip A. Kuhn
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

I always read Greg Dening's magnificent Mr Bligh's Bad Language as a microhistory. And Philip Kuhn's Soulstealers. Others?

Paperback, 2007

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Herman Melville

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Herman Melville
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@codecarpenter This is the one Iโ€™m 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
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

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 tradโ€ฆ

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Book Cover for: Empire, Michael Hardt

Empire

Michael Hardt
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

@BrendanNyhan @williamadler78 On the back of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negriโ€™s Empire I had to read in grad school, Negriโ€™s 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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Book Cover for: Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, George Perkins Marsh

Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action

George Perkins Marsh
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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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Book Cover for: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, Herman Melville

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

Herman Melville
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

@codecarpenter This is the one Iโ€™m 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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Book Cover for: MR Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty, Greg Dening

MR Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty

Greg Dening
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

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
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Book Cover for: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

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 tradโ€ฆ

Paperback, 2020

$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Moby Dick, Herman Melville

Moby Dick

Herman Melville
Peter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“šPeter A. Shulman ๐Ÿ“š

@codecarpenter This is the one Iโ€™m 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

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