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History and Current Events March 2023 |
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| On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe by Caroline Dodds PennockWhat it is: a thought-provoking revisionist history that explores how Indigenous Americans who willingly traveled or were forcibly transported to Europe during the Age of Discovery impacted the politics and culture of their colonizers.
Read it for: a well-researched account of the Colonial period that eschews Eurocentric narratives and prioritizes the perspectives of colonized populations. |
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| Pirate Enlightenment, Or the Real Libertalia by David GraeberWhat it's about: the relationship between Malagasy people and European pirates in 17th- and 18th-century Madagascar.
Why you should read it: David Graeber's provocative history reveals how the creation of this progressive, multiethnic pirate society may have inspired the democratic ideals of the Enlightenment.
Author alert: Pirate Enlightenment is the final work of anthropologist and Occupy movement activist Graeber, who died in 2020. |
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| Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth KaraWhat it is: the first book-length exposé on the abusive and inhumane cobalt mining practices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is home to nearly 75% of the world's cobalt supply.
Why it matters: The demand for cobalt, an essential component of rechargeable batteries for laptops, cell phones, and more, comes at the expense of the Congolese people, who are exploited into child labor, forced labor, and slavery. |
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| Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon WooWhat it's about: In 1848 Georgia, young enslaved couple Ellen and William Craft made a daring 1,000-mile escape to freedom, with Ellen passing as a white man and William playing the role of her servant.
What happened next: Though their plan was initially successful, the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 put the pair in danger again, and they fled to Canada.
Reviewers say: "This novelistic history soars" (Publishers Weekly). |
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