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.
I am looking for sources (both papers and books) on the Rwandan, Armenian, and Cambodian Genocides and I was wondering whether anyone had any recommendations, thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Hi! I'm looking for an academic history of the Teapot Dome scandal. A recent book by Laton McCartney keeps coming up, but I'm not sure it's a good fit. Any suggestions?
hello hello! I am looking for recommendations for work on missionaries— specifically British ones? I'm writing about nurses and a couple people have suggested that I look into missionaries as a point of comparison. But I'm not totally sure where to begin reading! I saw Jean Comaroff's Of Revelation and Revolution recommended on the books list, and I know Catherine Hall wrote plenty about missionaries in Civilising Subjects (alas, my notes on this book are so terrible that I'm just planning to give the whole book a reread).
In other reading news I recently ordered a copy of Lucy Delap's Knowing Their Place: Domestic Service in Twentieth Century Britain and I am really looking forward to reading it!
Hi everybody. Sorry if I am asking in the wrong place and I also apologise if my question does not fit the standard of the sub. I have been off work for a while and missed out on a talk by holocaust survivor Arek Hersh which I am very upset about missing.
Unfortunately he will not be around again mear my area (in England, near Leeds/Manchester) any time soon. I would very much like to attend a talk or something of a similar notion soon but I'm having trouble finding any events similar to this. If anyone would know anything near to my area I would be massively grateful for any information. Thanks.
I feel like a lot of historical works will never get the recognition they deserve in terms of writing style. There are some historians out there that are simply incredible authors. Are there any books that stand out to you primarily because they are so well-written?