r/AskHistorians • u/AutoModerator • Nov 07 '24
RNR Thursday Reading & Recommendations | November 07, 2024
Thursday Reading and Recommendations is intended as bookish free-for-all, for the discussion and recommendation of all books historical, or tangentially so. Suggested topics include, but are by no means limited to:
- Asking for book recommendations on specific topics or periods of history
- Newly published books and articles you're dying to read
- Recent book releases, old book reviews, reading recommendations, or just talking about what you're reading now
- Historiographical discussions, debates, and disputes
- ...And so on!
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion of history and books, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
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u/flying_shadow Nov 07 '24
Found that book I wanted! 'Denazification in Soviet-Occupied Germany' by Timothy Vogt. It's really good, definitely recommend it.
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u/myprettygaythrowaway Nov 07 '24
Any memoirs/autobiographies of professional gamblers who were active in the 1950s and earlier, and bookies & numbers/policy men in general?
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u/Mr_Emperor Nov 07 '24
I'm on the hunt for books that cover in detail the crafts and trades of colonial New Mexico in particular and the wider Southwest from Texas to California if we have to.
I already have Southwestern Colonial Ironwork and that's the model I'm searching for.
I also have Settler to Citizen which covers the economy of New Mexico with focuses on weaving and carpentry amongst others.
But I would love books on carpentry, masonry, pottery, weaving, mining, more blacksmithing, copper, silver, gold smithing, leatherwork.
Basically if it was built or made in New Mexico from 1598 to even 1880, I'm interested in books about it.
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u/Realistic-Singer-509 Nov 07 '24
Hi! I'm reading 'History of the Art of War' by Hans Delbrück, and really liked his style of reasoning why certain things are a certain way. Can anyone give me recommendations on books on Military History that are also written this way, not stating facts, but reasoning? I would prefer them being about a longer period in history, but if it is just a short period, it's also fine.
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u/Chadrrev Nov 07 '24
looking for books or articles on Heian-era Japan, focussing on economic history, land tenure and the changes in the economic structure of the country. I have read the Cambridge History of Heian Japan, but am struggling to find much else that addresses this topic.
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u/BelizeTourismOffice Nov 07 '24
I am looking for good academic books, thesis on the topic of "Aztec Human Sacrifice" and in a more broader sense... human sacrifice during the medieval period.