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General History July 17, 2018

The Rise and Fall of the British Nation

A Twentieth-Century History

David Edgerton

Hosted by James Esposito
David Edgerton’s The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History (Allen Lane, 2018) argues the United Kingdom had a distinctive national moment characterized by a strong …
General History July 26, 2017

Empire Made

My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British India

Kief Hillsbery

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Kief Hillsbery's Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British India (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) follows the career of Nigel Halleck, an English tax assessor in …
General History March 8, 2017

Blitzed

Drugs in the Third Reich

Norman Ohler

Hosted by James Esposito
Norman Ohler's Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017) explores the drug culture of Nazi Germany. Far from being a nation of physical and mental purity portrayed …
General History November 29, 2016

The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture

Benjamin Martin

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Benjamin Martin's The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture (Harvard University Press, 2016) examines the attempt by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy to forge a European cultural empire out of …
General History October 11, 2016

Insatiable Appetites

Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World

Kelly Watson

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Kelly Watson's Insatiable Appetites: Imperial Encounters with Cannibals in the North Atlantic World (New York University Press, 2015) explores the history of the New World through the lens of the …
General History September 12, 2016

Natural Interests

The Contest over Environment in Modern France

Caroline Ford

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Caroline Ford's Natural Interests: The Contest over Environment in Modern France (Harvard University Press, 2016) explores the roots of French environmental consciousness in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Far from …
General History June 26, 2016

A Million Years in a Day

A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to Phone Age

Greg Jenner

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Greg Jenner's A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from Stone Age to Phone Age (St. Martins Press, 2016), explores the history of the modern …
General History March 30, 2016

Citizen Sailors

Becoming American in the Age of Revolution

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal

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Nathan Perl-Rosenthal's Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution (Harvard University Press, 2015), explores the fascinating history of identification and citizenship in the Atlantic world during the late …
General History February 24, 2016

Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination

Stefan Ihrig

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In Ataturk in the Nazi Imagination (Harvard University Press, 2014), historian Stefan Ihrig examines the history of Mustafa Kemal and Republican Turkey through the interpretive lens of Nazi political discourse …
General History December 30, 2015

Ruling Minds

Psychology in the British Empire

Erik Linstrum

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In Ruling Minds: Psychology in the British Empire (Harvard University Press, 2016), Erik Linstrum examines how the field of psychology was employed in the service of empire. Linstrum explores the …
General History December 17, 2015

Waste into Weapons

Recycling in Britain during the Second World War

Peter Thorsheim

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In Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press 2015), Peter Thorsheim explores the role of waste and recycling in Britain under conditions of …