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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #25 on: November 17, 2013, 10:12:37 PM »
Quote from: Tetro Kornbluth on November 17, 2013, 09:38:47 PM
Quote from: TheDeadFlagBlues on November 17, 2013, 09:23:41 PM
Quote from: Sibboleth on November 17, 2013, 09:11:46 PM
If it's any consolation Thompson, at least, is a good read. Weird book: in some respects not just ahead of its time, but ahead of what is written now; but he also repeats some arguments and theories that were pretty much discredited by the 1960s, even going out of his way to defend one of them. But then that's Thompson for you.

One of my professors mentioned that social history/marxist approaches has gone the way of the dodo in favor of more cultural/anthropological approaches since the 80s, is this true? If so, my tiny interest in having History as a fallback major is out of the question.

Basically, yes (not so basically, it's more complicated)... and no bad thing too.

Thompson's book is still great although it's greatness is partly due to its obvious bias and at times ranting nature.

Why do you think it's "no bad thing"? All I see is the erosion of the left in academia at all levels and it breaks my heart.

I'm looking forward to it!
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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #26 on: November 29, 2013, 12:29:10 AM »


just finished this book

onto this one:
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2013, 05:45:43 PM »
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« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2014, 07:35:33 AM »
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« Reply #29 on: March 27, 2014, 04:57:48 PM »




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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2014, 09:55:28 AM »
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #31 on: July 20, 2014, 04:32:37 PM »


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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #32 on: December 03, 2014, 03:34:42 PM »
Quote from: Sibboleth on December 03, 2014, 02:15:14 PM
I just finished Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping which has been on my 'to read' list since forever. It may well be the greatest thing ever set in Idaho.

I was born in Fingerbone (Sandpoint).
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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #33 on: January 10, 2015, 05:20:35 PM »




Pre-history is pretty fascinating.
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TheDeadFlagBlues
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #34 on: March 07, 2015, 05:18:43 PM »
The Memory of Fire trilogy by Eduardo Galeano
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #35 on: April 17, 2015, 02:40:17 PM »
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #36 on: December 28, 2015, 06:12:06 PM »
The Fall of the Roman Empire - Peter Heather
Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs - Lauren A. Rivera
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses - Richard Arum
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