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History and Current Events September 2020
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Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist examines the current world-wide rise of authoritarianism and explains how it appeals to citizens by using conspiracy theory, political polarization, social media and nostalgia.
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| Twisted: The tangled history of Black hair culture by Emma DabiriIrish Nigerian BBC correspondent Emma Dabiri combines memoir, history, and pop culture analysis, showing the many ways in which Black hairstyles are colonized, fetishized, criminalized, and appropriated. |
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Napoleon's greatest triumph: The Battle of Austerlitz by Gregory Fremont-BarnesA concise guide to one of the most important clashes of the Napoleonic Wars, showcasing Napoleon's military genius. Gregory Fremont-Barnes uses detailed profiles to explore the leaders, tactics and weaponry of the clashing French, Austrian and Russian forces.
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The last kings of Shanghai: The rival Jewish dynasties that helped create modern China by Jonathan KaufmanThe history of the Sassoons and the Kadoories, two Jewish families originally from Baghdad whose business pursuits had a powerful impact on the economy of 19th- and 20th-century Shanghai - the darker aspects of the families' prosperity, including their ignorance of China's political troubles and their participation in the opium trade.
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Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising by Alexandra RichieFor more than sixty days, the Polish fighters took over large parts of the city and held off the SS's most brutal forces. But in the end, their efforts were doomed. Using many primary sources, Richie relates the terrible experiences of individuals who fought in the uprising and perished in it.
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The Jacobites: Britain and Europe, 1688-1788 by Daniel SzechiThis includes Jacobitism as a uniting force among the pirates of the Caribbean and as a key element in sustaining Irish peasant resistance to English colonial rule.
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Exploration and Exploitation
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| Silver, sword, & stone: Three crucibles of the Latin American story by Marie AranaA concise history that explores how exploitation, violence, and religion have shaped 1,000 years of Latin American history. Marie Arana profiles three contemporary Latin Americans (a Peruvian miner, a Cuban exile, and a Spanish priest in Bolivia) and connects their stories to the history of the region. |
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| In 1839, American diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood explored the jungles of Yucatán, where they encountered 1,500-year-old Mayan ruins. Their findings challenged their contemporaries' notions of Indigenous cultural inferiority.
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| The last wild men of Borneo: A true story of death and treasure by Carl HoffmanThis book is about two enigmatic Westerners, American art dealer Michael Palmieri, who made a fortune acquiring native relics for museums; and Swiss environmentalist Bruno Manser, who lived among the Penan tribe, fought logging efforts in the region, and mysteriously disappeared in 2000. |
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| Endeavour: The ship that changed the World by Peter MooreA history of the HMS Endeavour, the British ship that circumnavigated the globe from 1768-1771. Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship, from the ship itself to its complex legacy. |
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