Where my $450.00 dollars went after buying textbooks for September. Courses and their texts: HIST 434A: Late Imperial China A study of politics, society, economy and culture in late imperial China between 1600 and 1912. Focuses on historical continuity and change within the dynamic interactions between tradition and modernity, the state and society, the Chinese [...]
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Books: The Landscape of History
Just finished reading The Landscape of History by John Lewis Gaddis. The book, written for the layman and historian alike, outlines Gaddis’ views on what history is and the problems and debates of its legitimacy. I loved the allusions to modern films and coining of catchy phrases like “the Malkovich test,” in reference to the [...]
