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:
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.
Is Judith Jesch's Women in the Viking Age still up-to-date, or is there a more recent book on the topic that people would recommend instead?
Does anyone have recommendations of secondary texts about what life would be like on a viking-age farm? Preferably one that talks about Denmark at the turn of the millennium, but any time and place in the period would be good.
Any good recommendations for an in-depth military history of Lee's 1862 Maryland Campaign? I live nearby and I've been looking for a good deep dive.
What's a good article accessible on jstor, or perhaps short book available from interlibrary loan, about state formation? I basically want to understand what stateless societies are like in contrast to states.
Best books on Thai military history?
Looking for reading on Alaska native people specifically?