Thursday Reading and Recommendations is intended as bookish free-for-all, for the discussion and recommendation of all books historical, or tangentially so. Suggested topics include, but are by no means limited to:
Asking for book recommendations on specific topics or periods of history
Newly published books and articles you're dying to read
Recent book releases, old book reviews, reading recommendations, or just talking about what you're reading now
Historiographical discussions, debates, and disputes
...And so on!
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion of history and books, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
Looking for book recommendations on primarily 20th century Central/South American revolutions and civil wars in English.
Can anyone recommend a good history of the labor movement in America for beginners that focuses on facts over commentary and gives details on the most important laws and court cases?
I've become really interested in the history of British involvement with China. I've read books like:
The Scramble for China: Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire and Empire Made Me - An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai both by Robert Bickers
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Stephen R. Platt
God's Chinese Son by Jonathan D. Spence
For All the Tea in China by Sarah Rose
as well as a bunch on the Boxer rebellion.
Does anyone have any other recommendations similar to these ones? I'd love to find a good in depth look at how Britain and China interacted, similar in scope to The Scramble for China.
I have heard about a book called Passport to Peking, but it's unavailable in China. Does anyone know if it is worthwhile?
I didn’t any recommendations last week about the United Baltic Duchy, baltische landeswehr, and the post WWI Baltic conflicts, so I found The Baltic States, The Years of Independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lituania, 1917-1940 by Von Rauch
Hopefully it’s good
Finishing up Montefiore's The Court of the Red Tsar now and thinking about reading up on China next. I have The Party by McGregor and The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, wondering if anyone has any recommendations on a Mao biography?
It looks like Jung Chang's has been criticized for inaccuracies in the past, so I'm inclined to lean more toward Pantsov and Levine's biography, but not sure if there might be other or more recent biographies that do a better job. Thanks!
Hi, I'm making a research about the history of motorized vehicles, what are good books about it? Can either be Dutch or English books and be available in the Netherlands. Thank you in advance!
Are there any good books or articles about the air raids on Madrid and/or Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War? English is preferred but I'll also take Spanish recommendations.
I'm looking for books in either French or English that provide a global overview on middle eastern politics from the end of world war two to present day do you have any recommendations ?
Hey, asked this on the Friday thread last week, but didn't get any responses, so thought I'd try it here. I looked through the book recommendations list to learn more about the Cold War, and just finished Gaddis’ The Cold War. However, he definitely seems to have a pro-America, the good guys won, etc attitude. Are there any good overviews of the Cold War that show a different perspective? Doesn't have to be an overview if that's not applicable--I don't mind going into the details--but it was easier to get Gaddis' point of view because he sort of skimmed over most stuff. Thanks!