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'm in the first steps of a lifetime journey: to read a general history book from every country in the world, but specifically histories written by authors from those countries. So far it's been really insightful, and I'm learning tons of things I never would've learned otherwise.
I can share the list of books I've gotten through so far, if anyone is interested.
I'm also interested in any recommendations anyone has for general histories of foreign nations, written by people from those nations.
Hi. I'm looking for good ww1 military history books. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Hello,
Does anybody know which historical journals, if any, publish longer papers in the realm of 15-20K words? The majority are 8,000-14,000 maximum.
I've only found the Journal of Law & Religion thus far (as my paper deals with Religion and History) which allows 20,000 words. My paper is currently 17,500 though I'm looking to trim it but not sure how much I can cut without sacrificing quality.
Any leads on this would be appreciated!
Books on the comprehensive history of China and/or Asia. I’m about halfway through Will Durants “The Story of Civilization” and was wondering if there was anything similar (in English) for China
Hi there! Lately I've found myself to be really interested in industrialisation from an historical perspective. I'm looking for resources about the industrial revolutions, and about how the USA grew into an economic powerhouse.
For the first industrial revolution I found a book, called The Enlightened Economy, by Joel Mokyr, since it was recommended on this subreddit.
I would greatly appreciate if anyone could chime in and let me know if there are other books, about either the second industrial revolution, or focused about economics, industry and production in the late 19th century and early 20th that you guys consider to be great. Something along the lines of Tooze's The Wages of Destruction (which, by the way, I already read and greatly enjoyed). Something like The Deluge, from the aforementioned author would be great, but unfortunately the reviews I read both on this subreddit and in other places are quite critical. Any ideas?
Thank you very much!