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really loved this as a history of england's postwar, and the long long shadow of the british empire in britian, along with how britian become (kinda? ) multicultural
you ever find out that there's a major event of american history that ... a well educated non-US nation has no idea about, like the Civil War or something like that?
this is like that for german history, had no idea of the ideological importance of 1500s era German peasants revolting againist serfdom. really good overview, great narrative and a interesting dive into german historiography
From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to …
"Steven A. Cohen is a Wall Street legend. Born into a middle class family in a decidedly upper class suburb …
but picked this up ahead of a spain trip and had fun reading it, since to see that the imprint did some cool stuff
We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been …
but an incredible look into how we think about accidents, and the history of the term, and the need for a no-shortcuts just society
