I have basically no conception of history; not long term, not of recent history.

I’ve started Hobsbawm’s Age of Revolution/Capital/Empire trilogy (listened to book 1 as an audiobook at work but I should probably read it as well), and intend to finish it.

I’ll also read Zinn’s Peoples History of the United States and some other random things, but surely this isn’t enough.

I don’t think Hobsbawm is enough for broader history, and I don’t have much in mind for histories of actual anarchist/socialist/communist movements or revolutions.

  • PrincessMagnificent [they/them, any]
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    4 years ago

    Zinn certainly isn't enough, but he very much is an excellent entry-level history writer, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. Please don't take it to mean "ha ha, entry-level means you're a babby compared to us serious people", I very much mean it in the sense of an ideal launching off point for one's journey.

    • gammison [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      A great second book to follow Zinn is Two Faces of American Freedom. It reexamines some of the same stuff, but with more scholarship and less pop history.