Supercurricular reading
does anyone have any recommendations for reading to do for applying to history? i’m mainly interested in social history but have been struggling to find books. i’ve also been reading the BBC History magazine as well as a lot of their articles on the history extra app. thank u!
What periods of history are you interested in? Regions? Social issues? Theoretical approaches? Sources? Etc?
Figure that out and in the process you'll find things to read undoubtedly.
Figure that out and in the process you'll find things to read undoubtedly.
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by artful_loungerWhat periods of history are you interested in? Regions? Social issues? Theoretical approaches? Sources? Etc?
Figure that out and in the process you'll find things to read undoubtedly.
Figure that out and in the process you'll find things to read undoubtedly.
I wouldn’t say i’m interested in a particular period, if I were to pick one it would be victorian though. I prefer more social trends and everyday life, like what were people reading and wearing and why.
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by bluebelltudorI wouldn’t say i’m interested in a particular period, if I were to pick one it would be victorian though. I prefer more social trends and everyday life, like what were people reading and wearing and why.
Well these kinds of things vary considerably depending on the period - as well as their social standing in their culture. What a Bronze Age Sumerian scribe wore and read is going to be very different from an Early Modern Eastern European Jewish tavern keeper, and from WW1 era British farmhand turned soldier!
I'd suggest reading more about different cultures and societies in different periods to get a feel for what particularly interests you
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by bluebelltudordoes anyone have any recommendations for reading to do for applying to history? i’m mainly interested in social history but have been struggling to find books. i’ve also been reading the BBC History magazine as well as a lot of their articles on the history extra app. thank u!
I'd really recommend having a look at the "A Traveller's Reader" series for various cities across (mostly) Europe. The books contain a collection of letters, journal entries etc from travellers and inhabitants of the city at various times throughout history - usually spanning from the Dark Ages/Middle Ages to the end of the Victorian era. I have the London, Florence and Venice books, and I love the range of voices and times covered in them.
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