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I'm an academic renegade

The first day of my PhD program at University of Chicago, my advisor said, "You know there are no jobs, right?" I knew, but I didn't care. I wanted to write about history for a broader audience than the other five people interested in my dissertation topic. I wanted to write for history buffs and nerdy kids and the general intelligent reader. (That would be you, right?)

Officially my degree is in the history of the Indian sub-continent, with strong sub-fields in European imperialism and Islam. I feel strongly that the West in general and Americans in particular need to know more about the history of other parts of the world. That belief is often reflected in the topics I choose to write about, whether I'm working on a ...more

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	Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War 3.77 avg rating — 769 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women Warriors: An Unexpected History 3.72 avg rating — 571 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mankind: The Story of All Of Us 4.21 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Everything Guide to Understanding Socialism: The political, social, and economic concepts behind this complex theory (Everything® Series) 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across the Minefields (Great Escapes, #6) by Pamela D. Toler (Goodreads Author), W. N. Brown, James Bernardin (Illustrator) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matt Damon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War of 1812 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inventions in Architecture: From Stone Walls to Solar Panels it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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From the Archives: The Riddle of the Lalbyrinth

I have three-quarters of a new blog post written about a fascinating woman you probably don’t know a lot about. I also have a nasty cold and my head is so full of “stuff” that I’m struggling to write. So instead, I’m sharing this post from 2013, in which I reviewed a book I really enjoyed. The Riddle of the Labyrinth combines a subject I’ve been fascinated by since I was a kid and a woman who d

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“Influenced by the European depression of 1873, Kautsky’s writings depict a capitalist system spiraling toward its death. He emphasized the inevitability of the eventual triumph of socialism and rejected the fundamental premises of social democracy. He argued that the role of a socialist party was not to create a transition to socialism, but to educate workers about the nature of capitalism and prepare them for the class struggle that would bring about its demise.”
― Pamela D. Toler, The Everything Guide to Understanding Socialism: The political, social, and economic concepts behind this complex theory

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