BOOK MEGATHREAD
We should have a weekly book thread on a Sunday for requests or recommendations to cut down on the amount of "recommend a book on _______" posts.
I'm looking for some good books on North Africa Campaign of WWII, preferably the British side.
>>326674
I like this idea.
Esoterica & ritual:
https://mega.nz/#F!AE5yjIqB!y7Vdxdb5pbNsi2O3zyq9KQ
>>326674
Whats a good book on early Christian/biblical history?
>>326674
Glad to see book threads are okay on /his/ now. I got banned for posting one when this board was a few weeks old, and the ban said that book threads belong on /lit/
>mfw
Looking for good books on the Roman economy in the republic/empire
>>326895
Michael Rostovtzeff - The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire
I've heard conflicting opinions about this book. The two people I know for a fact who read this book were deeply interested in some of the claims made the author.
>>326909
Has anyone else read here actually read this?
>>326674
not sure about the war itself but you can get an idea of overall strategy and leadership by reading Churchill's account of a previous war in the same region. its short and gives a lot of insight on Churchill himself and the region
https://librivox.org/the-river-war-an-account-of-the-reconquest-of-the-sudan-by-winston-churchill/
>>326674
Trying to get into history more. Currently I'm working through the Greeks, and I've read a bit of early Christian theology.
Does anyone have recommendations for good overviews of medieval/feudal Europe? What about a good general text of rennesaince/enlightenment Era Europe? I'd like to then move into the modern Era (I've read some American history.) I'd like to have a general view of history (just focused on Europe right now,, but I'm interested in the rest of the world) and then dig in to more specific texts.
Any recommendations welcome. Economic History, social and cultural history, military history.
Thanks /his/
>>326895
bookzz.org to download free books
Morley, Neville. 1996. Metropolis and hinterland: The city of Rome and the Italian economy, 200 B.C.–A.D 200. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press.
>Rome can be seen as the archetypal consumer city, but Morley generally agrees with Hopkins on the possibility of the stimulating effect of Rome on its hinterland; it did not have a stagnating effect on the local economy.
Hopkins, Keith. 1980. Taxes and trade in the Roman Empire (200 B.C.–A.D. 400). Journal of Roman Studies 70:101–125.
>The empire had a positive effect on the economy by stimulating trade among cities, the army, and farmers, so that the latter could meet the tax demands of the state.
Duncan-Jones, Richard P. 1982. The economy of the Roman Empire: Quantitative studies. 2d ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press.
>Fundamental, much-quoted work on the price of euergetism, as well as on wider economic questions. Examines costs in Africa and Italy and therefore the cost of municipal politics.
Finley, Moses I. 1973. The ancient economy. Sather Classical Lectures. London: Chatto & Windus.
>Building on Weber 1958, Finley argued that the ancient city consumed the wealth produced by its rural hinterland. The city did not produce goods specifically for trade with external markets, but instead for conspicuous consumption by city elites.
Greene, Kevin. 1986. The archaeology of the Roman economy. London: B. T. Batsford.
>Although not focused specifically on the city, this textbook remains a clear and comprehensive examination of the Roman economy.
>>327794
Hopkins, K. “Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 B.C.–A.D. 400).” Journal of Roman Studies 70 (1980): 101–125.
>Hopkins argues that the expansion of the empire stimulated the economy of frontier zones and that the requirement to pay taxes monetized the economy of areas in northern and central Europe. An important macro study of the impact of the army.
Whittaker, C. R. Frontiers of the Roman Empire: A Social and Economic Study. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
>An eloquent book that examines the frontier zones of the empire, noting the difference between a frontier line that separates and differentiates and a zone that unites and integrates. In his view, the very success of the Romans in establishing frontier zones at the limit of areas where their 1st-century armies could operate in Western Europe undermined the empire by bringing prosperity to previously underdeveloped lands whose people could not have been a threat to Rome.
Potter, D. S. “The Limits of Power.” In A Companion to Roman Imperialism. Edited by D. Hoyos, 319–332. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2012.
>Discussion of the political and economic constraints on the expansion of the Roman Empire after Augustus. Stress is placed on the nature of debates about expansion within the Roman elite.
Books on Victorian England please
>>327386
Bibliography on:
feudalism
http://pastebin.com/QFBFY9dL
charlemagne
http://pastebin.com/4RFAw6NU
some intro works on enlightenment era
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199730414/obo-9780199730414-0074.xml?rskey=LHI6Np&result=1&q=Enlightenment#firstMatch
i don't know any general works about the renaissance period,
>>327830
what aspects of it?
>>327884
Some kind of general overall history on England's domestic politics and imperialism during the period
I have a lot of general knowledge from fiction of/set in the period and want to know more but I don't really know where to start
>>326674
Anyone have some books lined up for post-civil war industry in america? preferably labour history but also wouldn't mind an overall look at the forces that caused it.
Sort of like Origins of the New South by C. Woodward
>>327898
ok ill post some works on imperialism first but i'll have to look around for a general work on domestic politics, cause I have a lot of works that take the long approach and start in the previous centuries, and then they all seem to end in the 1840s
>>326811
The bible
>>327973
while the other ones mentioned great britain this section specifically focuses on it
Any books to start off with on linguistics?
Also looking for stuff about the general history of spain, Celtic migrations, and intermediate Spanish learning books. Thanks for any help given!
>>327987
pic related has working class politics in victorian england
all I've got is a Jewish Studies article on New York. theres a section on labor history, presumably from the jewish perspective
http://pastebin.com/U7gdWNvp
>>328040
biographies on disraeli
>>328040
Thank you so much
fsmitha.com
Broad summaries of ancient civilizations to end of the Cold War, Big ass timeline of events since the beginning of the Universe to early 2015, maps, book recommendations, opinions, factbook
Great for an entry level start on a period or refreshing up on stuff.
>>328055
part 2
>>328064
books from a critical period in the nineteenth century when the whole system was renovated (1830s)
>>327992
I've randomly got this article on historical linguistics, but I'm not sure thats what you want
http://pastebin.com/kCYi9TNZ
medieval spain books in pic
>>328142
second pic on medieval spain
This article on Fascism for good history of Franco Period:
http://pastebin.com/Eu1bZAWy
military history article on spain since reconquista (1492)
http://pastebin.com/a8d7wWjG
books on early modern spain:
Casey, James. Early Modern Spain: A Social History. London: Routledge, 1999.
>Casey brings together the extensive social and economic history research of the past few decades. A very large and useful bibliography.
Domínguez Ortiz, Antonio. The Golden Age of Spain, 1516–1659. New York: Basic Books, 1971.
>A very readable synthesis of the social and economic history up to that point.
Elliott, J. H. Imperial Spain 1469–1716. 2d ed. New York: Penguin, 2002.
>Formulated largely around political and economic history, this survey of Spanish history from the succession of Isabel to the end of the War of Spanish Succession offers a good, clear introduction to the people, ideas, and institutions of early modern Spain.
Ruiz, Teófilo F. Spanish Society, 1400–1600. Harlow, UK: Longman, 2001.
>Ruiz takes a different perspective on periodization, emphasizing the connections between the late middle ages and the early modern period. Focuses on aspects of daily life, festivals, and violence.
Lynch, John. The Hispanic World in Crisis and Change, 1598–1700. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
>A companion volume to the same historian’s Spain 1516–1598: From Nation State to World Empire (Oxford: Blackwell, 1992).
Kamen, Henry. Spain, 1469–1714: A Society of Conflict. 3d ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2005.
>Also available in Spanish translation, Una sociedad conflictiva: España 1469–1714. The title of this book refers to Américo Castro’s famous phrase describing the Golden Age in Spain as a “conflictive age” (De la edad conflictiva [Madrid: Taurus, 1976]). By one of the foremost historians of Spain. First published in 1983.
>>326834
Kek, a position that supports one of the major deficiencies with the board (well, 4chan in general); retards who don't read or research at all pretentiously dressing up parroted memetic misconceptions.
>>328189
article on the celts, you can only see intro works though
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199846719/obo-9780199846719-0025.xml?rskey=QO4yKK&result=1&q=celts#firstMatch
>>326674
OP, article on north african campaigns
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199791279/obo-9780199791279-0117.xml
>>327848
Thanks. This is a great start for sure.
>>326674
Dunno if you want it, but here's a PDF about the Australians in North Africa, covering 1941-1943, including Tobruk and El Alamein.
http://www.qattara.it/Documents/volume%20completo.pdf
The website also contains links to Italian war documents. Pretty interesting stuff.
Massive russian reading list.
http://www.history.illinois.edu/graduate/prospective/fields/russia/reading/
>>329752
>Cold War era western books on Russia published by government subsidized establishments
Not subtle.
Can anyone recommend anything on Japan?Mainly Edo period, but also any other. thanks senpai
>>329851
cambridge histories of japan
http://bookzz.org/s/?q=cambridge+history+of+japan&t=0
i think this volume is on edo period
http://bookzz.org/book/609589/1a84ce
Audio book recommendations to listen on my commute? Something with Japan or China?
>>327963
>>329970
The history of China podcast by Lazlo Montgomery is a great podcast.
>>330090
bump
I have a wicked noice book about Scipio Africanus for you but I'm too lazy to upload it to a filesharing service unless somebody specifically wants it. Why doesn't 4chan accept .rar files jesus
>>332961
i'll listen to it
put it on mega
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>>332989
>listen
sorry it's in .epub
https://mega.nz/#fm/zlYBhLCa
>>326674
I hate these threads because of the fags that have to post 20 titles in every post and clutter up the fucking thread.
Post shit you read, you fucks, we know how to google.
>>333073
how is a thread "cluttered up?" are you so lazy that you can scroll past a few pictures? what a stupid excuse to rage for no reason
Some general introductory histories of the Islamic world and states from the Rashidun Caliphate to at least the Abassids. I've been reading Eastern Roman history and it's got me really insterested about what was going on with Arabs at the time.
Norma Lorre Goodrich's Priestesses
This has been sitting on my local bookstore's shelf for awhile. I can't tell by skimming/googling if its full of nonsense or not. Has anybody read it, or know of a reliable book on the topic? Not using it for research or anything, I'm just curious about the topic.
>>327992
A friend highly recommends Whorter's The Power of Babel.
I'm reading the first volume of Mercantilism by Eli Hackscher currently.
>>333136
Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples
>A definitive exposition of the course of Arab civilization written by a distinguished scholar, this remains a seminal historical work.
http://bookzz.org/book/2083123/6f8ef3
Hugh N Kennedy,The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphate: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century
>This account of Islamic history from the advent of Islam to the 5th century AH/11th century CE also contains a chapter discussing the primary sources available for the period. It is widely used as a university textbook.
http://bookzz.org/book/1187443/c018a4
I think these would work
I saw in a different thread someone posted some really old books about the historical method. The specific quote was that the author said he was biased and said every historical book had bias. I don't remember the name or the author, any help?
>>337648
this maybe??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Historian%27s_Craft#cite_note-3
