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Tim’s Light Reading (2/7/2013)

I’m having trouble finding the time to sit down with Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States to type up my notes into a coherent post. I’m two pages from completing the chapter on Vietnam (c-18, of 25 total in my copy), so great progress has been made. Anyway, until I can do that, please accept a little “light reading” to fill the time. 1 (of 3). History’s Babel Robert Townsend’s analysis of the history discipline/profession, from 1880-1940, is now available for reading. University of Chicago Press is his publisher, and the book has just come out. Here’s an Read more