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    New Books in History

    New Books in History

    New Books in History

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    Length:
    487 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Interviews with Historians about their New Books
    Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 487 episodes

    Title

    Joanne Edge, "Onomantic Divination in Late Medieval Britain: Questioning Life, Predicting Death" (York Medieval Press, 2024)

    When will I die? What is the sex of my unborn child? Which of two rivals will win a due...

    67 minutes
    		May 11, 2024

    Dan Chapman, "A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir's Journey Through an Endangered Land" (Island Press, 2022)

    In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, keepi...

    59 minutes
    		May 11, 2024

    Hippokratis Kiaris, "The End of the Western Civilization?: The Intellectual Journey of Humanity to Adulthood" (Vernon Press, 2022)

    Today I talked to Hippokratis Kiaris about his book The End of the Western Civilization...

    53 minutes
    		May 11, 2024

    Robert K. D. Colby, "An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery and, after a four-year...

    42 minutes
    		May 10, 2024

    Hala Auji et al., "The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment: Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East" (I. B. Tauris, 2023)

    What was popular entertainment like for everyday Arab societies in Middle Eastern citie...

    41 minutes
    		May 10, 2024

    Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman, "Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

    The British Army won a convincing series of victories between 1916 and 1918. But by 193...

    45 minutes
    		May 10, 2024

    Kendra Y. Hamilton, "Romancing the Gullah in the Age of Porgy and Bess" (U Georgia Press, 2024)

    Dr. Kendra Y. Hamilton’s Romancing the Gullah in the Age of Porgy and Bess (University ...

    70 minutes
    		May 10, 2024

    Ian Johnson, "Sparks: China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future" (Oxford UP, 2023)

    Even as most contemporary states look to history in order to legitimize their existence...

    66 minutes
    		May 09, 2024

    Maggie Messitt, "Newspaper" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

    Newspaper (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Dr. Maggie Messitt is about more than news printed on p...

    57 minutes
    		May 09, 2024

    Lawrence Freedman, "Modern Warfare: Lessons from Ukraine" (Penguin, 2023)

    The foremost authority on modern war in the English-speaking world examines Europe's mo...

    42 minutes
    		May 08, 2024