Eric Beckman started reading Season of the Swamp by Yuri Herrera
Mixing in a little fiction
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Eric Beckman started reading Denmark Vesey's Bible by Jeremy Schipper
Reading Seller's Market Revolution piqued my interest in the Denmark Vesey conspiracy, and Princeton University Press has a 50% off sale that includes this title!
Eric Beckman started reading Freedom's Dominion by Jefferson Cowie
Relvant to the current moment
Eric Beckman finished reading The Age of Garvey by Adam Ewing
interesting, rewarding read. Ewing argues that we need to look beyond the spectacular rise and stumble of Garvey and the Black Star Line to the deep influence of his ideas in the US and in Africa. Garvey and his movement embraced a less confrontational but very determined response to White supremacy that nurtured resistance to colonialism in Africa and White surpremacy in the US.
Eric Beckman started reading The Age of Garvey by Adam Ewing
I've started a bunch of books this year. Given the state of the world reading about resistance to racism, as world history, seems like the right move. Will finish this.
Eric Beckman rated The Ottomans: 5 stars
The Ottomans by Marc David Baer, Marc David Baer
A history of the Ottoman Empire from before Osman I in the 1280s until after Abdülmecid II in 1924.
Eric Beckman finished reading The Ottomans by Marc David Baer
A history of the Ottoman Empire from before Osman I in the 1280s until after …
Excellent, approachable. Baer firmly places the Ottomans in World, Mediterranean, and European history
Eric Beckman wants to read Empire of Refugees by Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky
Enjoyed interview with the author on the reliably excellent Ottoman History Podcast
Eric Beckman rated Last Peasant War: 5 stars
Eric Beckman finished reading Creole Archipelago by Tessa Murphy
First book of 2025 was a good one. Pairs well with Infinity of Nations.
Eric Beckman started reading Creole Archipelago by Tessa Murphy
Interested in starting the calendar year with this as many World and European History classes are set to discuss Atlantic revolutions. Also, Murphy's thesis that creole social formations in the Caribbean maintained independence in the seventeenth century is similar to Witgen's assertion in Infinity of Nations--my last history read of 2024--with regard to the western Great Lakes region.
Eric Beckman finished reading Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon
Page turner!
Eric Beckman started reading Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon
Book 25 for 2024
Eric Beckman commented on An infinity of nations by Michael J. Witgen (Early American studies)
An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in …
I have lived much of my life in or near Anishinaabewaki which makes Witgen's narratives of this place using of Indigenous names especially interesting.
Eric Beckman finished reading Christian Slavery by Katharine Gerbner (Early American studies)
Could slaves become Christian? If so, did their conversion lead to freedom? If not, then …
It's complicated