New Books in History
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Juliet B. Wiersema, "The History of a Periphery: Spanish Colonial Cartography from Colombia's Pacific Lowlands" (U ...
During the late Spanish colonial period, the Pacific...
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Apr 26 2024 56m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Promoting Academic Books Through History DiscussionChapter 2 7 mins
Mapping Nueva Granada's Unique DemographicsChapter 3 16 mins
Mapping African Influence in New GranadaChapter 4 14 mins
Colonial Latin American Colonization and Mapping
Tabea Alexa Linhard, "Unexpected Routes: Refugee Writers in Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2023)
Unexpected Routes: Refugee Writers in Mexico (Stanfo...
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Apr 26 2024 55m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Academic Book Promotion Services DiscussionChapter 2 14 mins
Complex Paths to MexicoChapter 3 6 mins
Art and Literature in ExileChapter 4 4 mins
Connections and Isolation in MexicoChapter 5 11 mins
Lessons From Complex LivesChapter 6 1 min
Espionage Project on Historical Women
Adam J. Criblez, "Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City" (Three Hills, 2024)
In Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Thei...
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Apr 26 2024 49m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Revolutionizing Academic Book PromotionChapter 2 11 mins
The Evolution of New York CityChapter 3 12 mins
Bernard King and Hip Hop in NBAChapter 4 7 mins
NBA Draft Conspiracy Theories and LuckChapter 5 54 sec
Favorite Sports Books
Nicholas Popper, "The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain"...
We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a ...
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Apr 26 2024 1h 2m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Academic Book Promotion and Information SocietyChapter 2 12 mins
The Paper Chaos of ArchivesChapter 3 7 mins
Power in Early Modern EnglandChapter 4 14 mins
Information Warfare in Early Modern EuropeChapter 5 4 mins
Impact of Technology on SocietyChapter 6 7 mins
State Power and Information Dynamics
Stefanos Geroulanos on "The Invention of Prehistory"
What does it mean to be human? What do we know about...
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Apr 26 2024 1h 8m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Exploring PrehistoryChapter 2 8 mins
The Importance of Origin StoriesChapter 3 8 mins
The Story of Human EvolutionChapter 4 13 mins
The Neanderthal Debate and Genetic ExplanationsChapter 5 3 mins
The Evolution of Humanity as CyborgsChapter 6 7 mins
Exploring Historical Discourse PatternsChapter 7 10 mins
Exploring Historical Epistemology and ConceptsChapter 8 2 mins
Exploring Ancient Petroglyph Communication
Alexander Statman, "A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Alexander Statman's book A Global Enlightenment: Wes...
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Apr 25 2024 50m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Global Enlightenment and Chinese ScienceChapter 2 7 mins
Evolution of Enlightenment Views on ChinaChapter 3 9 mins
European and Chinese Knowledge ExchangeChapter 4 8 mins
Revolution in Science and Enlightenment ProgressChapter 5 7 mins
Enlightenment Orphans in Modern Scholarship
Mukund Padmanabhan, "The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Non-invasion (Vintage Books, 2024...
In April 1942, at least half a million people fled t...
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Apr 25 2024 31m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Indian Response to Japanese ThreatChapter 2 12 mins
Impact of Japanese Threat on India
Boubacar N’Diaye, "Mauritania's Colonels: Political Leadership, Civil-Military Relations and Democratization" (Rout...
Boubacar N’Diaye's book Mauritania's Colonels: Polit...
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Apr 25 2024 1h 35m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Academic Book Promotion and Mauritania's ColonelsChapter 2 8 mins
Mauritania and Identity PoliticsChapter 3 8 mins
Ethnic Tension and Political RelationsChapter 4 12 mins
Activism and Slavery in MauritaniaChapter 5 6 mins
Mauritanian HistoryChapter 6 12 mins
Military Coups in MauritaniaChapter 7 9 mins
Mauritania's History and CorruptionChapter 8 19 mins
Mauritania
Crawford Gribben, "J. N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism" (Oxford UP, 2024)
J.N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism (Oxfor...
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Apr 24 2024 43m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Academic Book Promotion and Author DiscussionChapter 2 4 mins
Origins of the Plymouth BrethrenChapter 3 7 mins
Origins and Impact of Plymouth BrethrenChapter 4 7 mins
Challenges of Understanding DarbyChapter 5 5 mins
Darby and Newton's Theological DisputeChapter 6 3 mins
Legacy and Influence of DarbyChapter 7 1 min
Jan Darby and Christian Zionism Influence
Sudev Sheth, "Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India" (Cambridge UP, 2024...
In this colorful book, historian Sudev Sheth traces ...
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Apr 24 2024 1h 12m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Book Promotion and South Asian HistoryChapter 2 6 mins
Merchant Classes in GujaratChapter 3 10 mins
Mughal State and Merchant RelationshipsChapter 4 8 mins
Evolution of State and SovereigntyChapter 5 9 mins
Transformation of Mughal State PowerChapter 6 13 mins
Transformation of Political Power in GujaratChapter 7 5 mins
Financial Practices in South AsiaChapter 8 2 mins
Families and Entrepreneurship in South Asia
Geoff Eley, "Nazism as Fascism: Violence, Ideology, and the Ground of Consent in Germany 1930-1945" (Routledge, 201...
Offering a dynamic and wide-ranging examination of t...
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Apr 24 2024 1h 22m
Pamela Robertson Wojcik, "Unhomed: Cycles of Mobility and Placelessness in American Cinema" (U California Press, 20...
In Unhomed: Cycles of Mobility and Placelessness in ...
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Apr 24 2024 1h 6m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Academic Book Promotion Service LaunchChapter 2 15 mins
Exploring Concepts of Homelessness and MobilityChapter 3 16 mins
Exploring Masculinity in Film HistoryChapter 4 9 mins
Exploring Hitchhiking in 60s/70s FilmsChapter 5 12 mins
Homelessness in Film and HistoryChapter 6 1 min
Navigating Modern Grief and Loss
Jason Bell, "Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy" (Pegasus Books, 2024)
The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest ...
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Apr 23 2024 58m
Chapter 1 8 mins
New Books Network PR Service Launch
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, "Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State" (Stanford UP, 20...
Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million...
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Apr 23 2024 1h 3m
Chapter 1 16 mins
Migration in 19th Century EmpiresChapter 2 12 mins
Ottoman Empire Refugee Regime AnalysisChapter 3 19 mins
Ottoman Empire Refugee Resettlement TensionsChapter 4 14 mins
Cultural Preservation and Diaspora IdentityChapter 5 52 sec
Expanding Refugee Studies in Muslim World
Michael J. Graetz, "The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America" (Princeton UP, 2024)
The anti-tax movement is "the most important overloo...
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Apr 23 2024 1h 5m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Cognitive Health Supplements and Academic BooksChapter 2 10 mins
The Overlooked Anti-Tax MovementChapter 3 9 mins
IRS Opposition to Supply Side GospelChapter 4 15 mins
The Anti-Tax Movement and Government SentimentChapter 5 9 mins
The Impact of Debt Ceiling PoliticsChapter 6 11 mins
Debt Ceiling and National Debt CrisisChapter 7 3 mins
Tax Policy and Book RecommendationsChapter 8 38 sec
Power to Destroy
Michael Scott and Michael Collins, "Christian Shakespeare?: A Collection of Essays on Shakespeare in His Christian ...
The enigma of William Shakespeare's religious belief...
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Apr 23 2024 48m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Exploring Christian Context in ShakespeareChapter 2 18 mins
Shakespeare's Spiritual and Biblical InfluencesChapter 3 14 mins
Christian Imagination in Literature
Gary S. Cross, "Free Time: The History of an Elusive Ideal" (NYU Press, 2024)
Free time, one of life’s most precious things, often...
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Apr 23 2024 48m
Chapter 1 4 mins
The History of Free TimeChapter 2 19 mins
Transformations of Work and Free TimeChapter 3 15 mins
Consumer Culture and Free Time EvolutionChapter 4 8 mins
Changing Free Time Culture and Challenges
Philip Mark Plotch and Jen Nelles, "Mobilizing the Metropolis: How the Port Authority Built New York" (U Michigan P...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is eve...
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Apr 23 2024 48m
Chapter 1 13 mins
History of the Port AuthorityChapter 2 6 mins
The Port Authority's Wealth and PowerChapter 3 13 mins
Challenges and Triumphs of Port AuthorityChapter 4 7 mins
Challenges Facing the Port AuthorityChapter 5 4 mins
Challenges for the Port AuthorityChapter 6 3 mins
Lessons in Regional Collaboration and TransportationChapter 7 16 sec
Building New York's Infrastructure
Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange, "Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life" (Reaktion Boo...
Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern Bri...
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Apr 23 2024 50m
Chapter 1 12 mins
The History of British Pet KeepingChapter 2 13 mins
Wildlife Protection and Pet Selling HistoryChapter 3 5 mins
Exotic Animals in Victorian BritainChapter 4 16 mins
The Evolution of Pet OwnershipChapter 5 1 min
Exploring Reaction Books in Pet Revolution
Steven Nadler, "Spinoza: A Life" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) was one of the most impor...
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Apr 22 2024 35m
Chris Webb, "The Sobibor Death Camp: History, Biographies, Remembrance" (Ibidem Verlag, 2017)
The Sobibor Death Camp was the second extermination ...
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Apr 22 2024 1h 5m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Sobibor Death CampChapter 2 11 mins
Sobibor Prisoner Revolt and SurvivorsChapter 3 18 mins
Post-War SS Testimonies in SobiborChapter 4 8 mins
Sobibor Revolt and Camp ConditionsChapter 5 8 mins
Structure and Operations of Sobibor CampChapter 6 1 min
Sobibor Death Camp
Julie Peakman, "Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis" (Reaktion, 2024)
Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metr...
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Apr 22 2024 40m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Sexuality and Liberty in 18th CenturyChapter 2 9 mins
Prostitution and Policing in 18th-Century LondonChapter 3 6 mins
Prostitute Stereotypes in 18th CenturyChapter 4 5 mins
Courtesans, Celebrity, and Sexual ViolenceChapter 5 7 mins
Evolution of Attitudes Towards Homosexuality
Asif Siddiqi on Rockets, Prisons, Pop Songs, and So Much More
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Asif S...
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Apr 22 2024 1h 7m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Soviet Space History With Asif SiddiquiChapter 2 6 mins
Unconventional Path to Historical TechnologyChapter 3 10 mins
Exploring Social History and TechnologyChapter 4 11 mins
Resurgence of Cosmism in Post-Soviet EraChapter 5 11 mins
Science and Incarceration in Soviet HistoryChapter 6 5 mins
Exploring Gender and Technology in MusicChapter 7 11 mins
Global South Space Infrastructure History
Michael Liu, "Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston's Chinatown, 1880-2018" (U Massachusetts...
Chinatown has a long history in Boston. Though littl...
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Apr 22 2024 47m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Academic Book Promotion Service LaunchChapter 2 7 mins
History of Boston Chinatown DevelopmentChapter 3 8 mins
Evolution and Change in Chinatown BostonChapter 4 10 mins
Boston Chinatown Urban Renewal HistoryChapter 5 15 mins
Chinatown's Struggle for Community PreservationChapter 6 39 sec
Forever Struggle
On the History and Evolution of Zionism
On today's episode of the New Books Network, we are ...
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Apr 22 2024 1h 32m
Chapter 1 15 mins
Exploring the Complexity of ZionismChapter 2 8 mins
Political Zionism and Theodor Herzl's VisionChapter 3 6 mins
Debating Zionism and Historical ContextChapter 4 20 mins
Early Colonialism in PalestineChapter 5 6 mins
The Balfour Declaration and ZionismChapter 6 20 mins
Zionist Paramilitary Organizations in PalestineChapter 7 13 mins
Evolution of Zionism and NationalismChapter 8 1 min
Zionism and Nationalism in Israel/India