rivkat: Rivka as Wonder Woman (Default)
( Mar. 29th, 2021 06:44 pm)
Anne Appelbaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism: a rightwinger looks at the current crisis )

Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together: hanging separately because we can't hang together )

Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early AmericaI learned a lot about livestock )
Michael W. Twitty, The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old Southrace, place, history )
Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsCaste as structuring life in the US )
Maria Konnikova, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win:poker )
Elizabeth Hinton, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crimehow the cops became the state )
Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sightcorruption in America )

Martin Senftleben, The Copyright / Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection Is Stifling Cultural CreativityFree Mickey )
Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problemslots of discombobulated drawings )
Jen Gunter, The Menopause ManifestoEverything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask )
Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in Americadoesn't lack for boldness )
Sarah Chayes, On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stakealso corruption in America )

E. Charlotte Stevens, Fanvids: Television, Women, and Home Media Re-Usevids! )

Anjali Vats, The Color of Creatorship: Intellectual Property, Race, and the Making of Americanscitizenship and IP )

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( Oct. 11th, 2019 02:25 pm)
Jeanne Theoharis, A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History: control the past )
Margaret O'Mara, The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America: slight )
Karen L. Cox, Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South: true crime )
Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems: what it says on the tin )

Cecilia Aragon & Katie Davis, Writers in the Secret Garden: Fanfiction, Youth, and New Forms of Mentoring: big data )
Linda E. Fisher & Judith Fox, The Foreclosure Echo: How the Hardest Hit Have Been Left Out of the Economic Recovery: so much to be angry about )

Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist: behavior first, belief after )

David I. Kertzer, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe: willing helpers )

Karen Armstrong, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence: religion's not so murderous )


Daniel K. Richter, Before the Revolution: America’s Ancient Pasts: prehistory as history )

Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam: tragedy )

David Grann, The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: highly committed people )

Kristin L. Hoganson, The Heartland: An American History:heartland as interchange )

Gary Krist, Empire of Sin: New Orleans )

David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIslow motion genocide )
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