50 Books like Citizens

The Old Regime and the French Revolution

by Alexis de Tocqueville • 1856

The Revolution did not break with the past; it finished the centralization the monarchy built.

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📜 French Revolution Origins 🏛️ State Centralization ⚜️ Old Regime France

The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary

The Old Regime and the French Revolution 94%

The Revolution did not break with the past; it finished the centralization the monarchy built.

by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856

4.04

3k+ ratings

📜 French Revolution Origins 🏛️ State Centralization ⚜️ Old Regime France

1000 Years of Annoying the French

by Stephen Clarke • 2010

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

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⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History

1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary

1000 Years of Annoying the French 91%

The Normans were Vikings. The guillotine was British. A thousand years of French history, corrected.

by Stephen Clarke 2010

4.05

5k+ ratings

⚔️ Anglo-French Rivalry 😂 Comic History 📜 Revisionist History

The Great Debate

by Yuval Levin • 2013

Burke and Paine split over human nature and justice. Their argument became right and left.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Left Vs Right

The Great Debate 91%

Burke and Paine split over human nature and justice. Their argument became right and left.

by Yuval Levin 2013

3.87

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Left Vs Right

The House of Rothschild, Vol 1

by Niall Ferguson • 1998

Five brothers in a Frankfurt ghetto became Europe's bankers by moving news faster than governments.

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💰 Financial History 🏦 European Banking 👑 Family Dynasties

The House of Rothschild, Vol 1 91%

Five brothers in a Frankfurt ghetto became Europe's bankers by moving news faster than governments.

by Niall Ferguson 1998

3.88

2k+ ratings

💰 Financial History 🏦 European Banking 👑 Family Dynasties

Modern Times

by Paul Johnson • 1983

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

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📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History

Modern Times 91%

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

by Paul Johnson 1983

4.29

3k+ ratings

📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History

Brave Genius

by Sean B. Carroll • 2013

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

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✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology

Brave Genius 91%

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

by Sean B. Carroll 2013

4.28

727 ratings

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology

A Bite-Sized History of France

by Stephane Henaut • 2018

French cuisine is a global collage. The myth of purity, dismantled one dish at a time.

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🍴 Culinary History 🇫🇷 French Gastronomy 🏳️ Food And Identity

A Bite-Sized History of France 91%

French cuisine is a global collage. The myth of purity, dismantled one dish at a time.

by Stephane Henaut 2018

4.19

2k+ ratings

🍴 Culinary History 🇫🇷 French Gastronomy 🏳️ Food And Identity

Cooking for Kings

by Ian Kelly • 2003

Abandoned at ten on Paris streets. He became the pastry architect for Napoleon, tsars, and kings.

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291

🥐 French Cuisine 📜 Culinary History 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chefs

Cooking for Kings 91%

Abandoned at ten on Paris streets. He became the pastry architect for Napoleon, tsars, and kings.

by Ian Kelly 2003

3.75

291 ratings

🥐 French Cuisine 📜 Culinary History 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chefs

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1975

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

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🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 91%

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975

4.27

5k+ ratings

🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism

The Case for Colonialism

by Bruce Gilley • 2023

Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.

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191

📚 Revisionist History 🏗️ State Building 👑 Imperial History

The Case for Colonialism 91%

Start new colonies from scratch. The controversial solution to a century of post-colonial disaster.

by Bruce Gilley 2023

4.32

191 ratings

📚 Revisionist History 🏗️ State Building 👑 Imperial History

Europe

by Brendan Simms • 2013

Whoever controls Germany controls Europe: five centuries of war traced to a single strategic prize.

3.95

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🏰 German History 🌍 European Geopolitics ⚔️ Early Modern Europe

Europe 91%

Whoever controls Germany controls Europe: five centuries of war traced to a single strategic prize.

by Brendan Simms 2013

3.95

761 ratings

🏰 German History 🌍 European Geopolitics ⚔️ Early Modern Europe

A World Undone

by G.J. Meyer • 2006

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

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💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures

A World Undone 90%

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

by G.J. Meyer 2006

4.37

9k+ ratings

💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures

Nations and Nationalism since 1780

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1990

Nationalism invented nations, not the reverse, and the two-century project is already decaying.

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🏗️ Nation Building 🩸 Ethnic Conflict 📜 Invented Traditions

Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Summary

Nations and Nationalism since 1780 90%

Nationalism invented nations, not the reverse, and the two-century project is already decaying.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1990

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🏗️ Nation Building 🩸 Ethnic Conflict 📜 Invented Traditions

The Ottomans

by Marc David Baer • 2021

Six centuries, three continents, one dynasty: the European empire the West wrote out of its history.

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🏛️ Ottoman History 🕌 Islamic Empires 🤝 Religious Tolerance

The Ottomans 90%

Six centuries, three continents, one dynasty: the European empire the West wrote out of its history.

by Marc David Baer 2021

3.94

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ottoman History 🕌 Islamic Empires 🤝 Religious Tolerance

Age of Anger

by Pankaj Mishra • 2017

Today's global resentments echo the fury that tore through modernizing Europe.

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🧠 Intellectual History 😤 Ressentiment 🏭 Modernity Critique

Age of Anger 90%

Today's global resentments echo the fury that tore through modernizing Europe.

by Pankaj Mishra 2017

3.64

3k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 😤 Ressentiment 🏭 Modernity Critique

España partida en dos

by Julián Casanova • 2013

A coup meant to topple Spain's Republic failed. What followed was decided by Hitler and Mussolini.

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🏴 Spanish Civil War 🌍 Twentieth Century Europe 🛩️ Foreign Intervention

España partida en dos 90%

A coup meant to topple Spain's Republic failed. What followed was decided by Hitler and Mussolini.

by Julián Casanova 2013

4.16

249 ratings

🏴 Spanish Civil War 🌍 Twentieth Century Europe 🛩️ Foreign Intervention

The Greater Journey

by David McCullough • 2011

Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.

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🇺🇸 American Expatriates 🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition 🩺 19th Century Medicine

The Greater Journey 90%

Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.

by David McCullough 2011

3.94

21k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Expatriates 🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition 🩺 19th Century Medicine

To End All Wars

by Adam Hochschild • 2011

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

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🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

To End All Wars 90%

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

by Adam Hochschild 2011

4.14

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🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

End Times

by Peter Turchin • 2023

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

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📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory

End Times 90%

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

by Peter Turchin 2023

4.06

3k+ ratings

📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory

Age of Revolutions

by Fareed Zakaria • 2024

Four centuries of revolutions reveal one pattern: gradual change sticks; radical breaks collapse.

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🔍 Comparative History 💰 Economic History 🗳️ Liberal Democracy

Age of Revolutions 90%

Four centuries of revolutions reveal one pattern: gradual change sticks; radical breaks collapse.

by Fareed Zakaria 2024

4.17

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🔍 Comparative History 💰 Economic History 🗳️ Liberal Democracy

The Anatomy of Fascism

by Robert O. Paxton • 2004

A historian maps the path to fascist power: the deals, the power split, and the warning signs.

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🔻 Rise Of Fascism 👤 Authoritarian Regimes 👥 Mass Movements

The Anatomy of Fascism 90%

A historian maps the path to fascist power: the deals, the power split, and the warning signs.

by Robert O. Paxton 2004

4.22

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🔻 Rise Of Fascism 👤 Authoritarian Regimes 👥 Mass Movements

How to Change the World

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 2011

The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.

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📜 Marxist Theory 📖 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Theory

How to Change the World 90%

The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011

3.88

988 ratings

📜 Marxist Theory 📖 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Theory

The Storm Before the Calm

by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

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🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal

The Storm Before the Calm 90%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

4.05

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🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal

1776

by David McCullough • 2005

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

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🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare

1776 90%

How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.

by David McCullough 2005

4.10

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🦅 American Revolution ⚔️ Military History 🏰 18th Century Warfare

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies

by Natasha Tidd • 2023

A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.

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🗺️ World History 🏛️ Political History 📢 Propaganda

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies Summary

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies 90%

A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.

by Natasha Tidd 2023

3.60

2k+ ratings

🗺️ World History 🏛️ Political History 📢 Propaganda

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism

Unhumans 90%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

by Robert C. Allen • 2009

Britain's Industrial Revolution was an accident of wages and coal prices, not genius or empire.

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🕰️ Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution ⚙️ Technological Change

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Summary

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective 90%

Britain's Industrial Revolution was an accident of wages and coal prices, not genius or empire.

by Robert C. Allen 2009

4.00

264 ratings

🕰️ Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution ⚙️ Technological Change

Agincourt

by Juliet Barker • 2005

Outnumbered and starving, Henry V staked his kingdom on a muddy field and a new tactic.

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⚔️ Hundred Years War 🏰 Medieval Warfare 🏯 Siege Warfare

Agincourt 90%

Outnumbered and starving, Henry V staked his kingdom on a muddy field and a new tactic.

by Juliet Barker 2005

4.14

2k+ ratings

⚔️ Hundred Years War 🏰 Medieval Warfare 🏯 Siege Warfare

Fake Heroes

by Otto English • 2023

Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.

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🏛️ Revisionist History 🦸 Hero Worship 👤 Cult Of Personality

Fake Heroes 90%

Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.

by Otto English 2023

3.92

896 ratings

🏛️ Revisionist History 🦸 Hero Worship 👤 Cult Of Personality

Soul Machine

by George Makari • 2015

Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🧪 History Of Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Soul Machine 90%

Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.

by George Makari 2015

3.82

157 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🧪 History Of Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

At the Existentialist Café

by Sarah Bakewell • 2016

The existentialists built a philosophy from cafés, war, and each other's complicated lives.

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🖤 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🇫🇷 French Philosophy

At the Existentialist Café 90%

The existentialists built a philosophy from cafés, war, and each other's complicated lives.

by Sarah Bakewell 2016

4.24

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🖤 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🇫🇷 French Philosophy

Empire

by Niall Ferguson • 2003

Piracy, sugar, and debt built the largest empire ever. The collapse outpaced the climb.

3.93

10k+

🏛️ Imperial History 📉 Imperial Decline 💰 Financial History

Empire 90%

Piracy, sugar, and debt built the largest empire ever. The collapse outpaced the climb.

by Niall Ferguson 2003

3.93

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Imperial History 📉 Imperial Decline 💰 Financial History

7 Tipping Points That Saved the World

by Chris Stewart • 2011

Seven narrow escapes that saved the West. Remove any one, and democracy and Christianity vanish.

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🧮 Counterfactual History 🏛️ Western Civilization ⚔️ Pivotal Battles

7 Tipping Points That Saved the World Summary

7 Tipping Points That Saved the World 90%

Seven narrow escapes that saved the West. Remove any one, and democracy and Christianity vanish.

by Chris Stewart 2011

3.97

2k+ ratings

🧮 Counterfactual History 🏛️ Western Civilization ⚔️ Pivotal Battles

Dangerous Games

by Margaret MacMillan • 2008

History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.

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🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory 📜 Historiography

Dangerous Games 90%

History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.

by Margaret MacMillan 2008

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ Public History 🧠 Collective Memory 📜 Historiography

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism 90%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution

by Gustave Le Bon • 2015

Crowds make individuals disappear, and the mass that forms only feels, never thinks.

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🧠 Crowd Psychology 🇫🇷 French Revolution 💥 Revolutionary Theory

The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution Summary

The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution 90%

Crowds make individuals disappear, and the mass that forms only feels, never thinks.

by Gustave Le Bon 2015

4.13

285 ratings

🧠 Crowd Psychology 🇫🇷 French Revolution 💥 Revolutionary Theory

The Habsburgs

by Martyn Rady • 2020

The millennium-long dynasty ruling Europe through marriage, forgery, and propaganda, not just war.

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👑 Dynastic History 🗺️ Central Europe 🦅 Holy Roman Empire

The Habsburgs 90%

The millennium-long dynasty ruling Europe through marriage, forgery, and propaganda, not just war.

by Martyn Rady 2020

3.86

3k+ ratings

👑 Dynastic History 🗺️ Central Europe 🦅 Holy Roman Empire

Wars and Capital (Semiotext

by Éric Alliez • 2016

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

3.93

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism

Wars and Capital (Semiotext 90%

Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.

by Éric Alliez 2016

3.93

29 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📊 Political Economy ⚔️ War And Capitalism

The Square and the Tower

by Niall Ferguson • 2017

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

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🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History

The Square and the Tower 90%

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

by Niall Ferguson 2017

3.65

4k+ ratings

🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History

The New Vichy Syndrome

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

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🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism

The New Vichy Syndrome 90%

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2010

3.89

238 ratings

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"

by Patrick J. Buchanan • 2008

Britain's empire fell not to war but to a diplomatic blunder that handed the world to its rivals.

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🔄 World War Revisionism 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Imperial Decline 🤝 Appeasement

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" 90%

Britain's empire fell not to war but to a diplomatic blunder that handed the world to its rivals.

by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008

4.21

2k+ ratings

🔄 World War Revisionism 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Imperial Decline 🤝 Appeasement

A Line in the Sand

by James Barr • 2011

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

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🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders

A Line in the Sand 90%

Why the Arab-Israeli conflict began as a secret war between Britain and France.

by James Barr 2011

4.06

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🌍 Middle East History ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🗺️ Colonial Borders

Civilization

by Niall Ferguson • 2011

Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.

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📈 Rise Of The West ⚖️ Comparative History 🔭 Macrohistory

Civilization 90%

Five hundred years of Western rule rested on six innovations. The rest have now caught up.

by Niall Ferguson 2011

3.86

10k+ ratings

📈 Rise Of The West ⚖️ Comparative History 🔭 Macrohistory

The Last Shah

by Ray Takeyh • 2021

Two Pahlavi kings tried to drag Iran into modernity by force. Both died in exile.

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202

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏗️ Top-Down Modernization

The Last Shah 90%

Two Pahlavi kings tried to drag Iran into modernity by force. Both died in exile.

by Ray Takeyh 2021

3.90

202 ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian History 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏗️ Top-Down Modernization

Pontifex Maximus

by Christopher Lascelles • 2017

The papacy's claim to divine authority is shaky; its real story is power, corruption, and scandal.

3.93

140

⛪ Church History 🏛️ Papacy 👑 Temporal Power

Pontifex Maximus 90%

The papacy's claim to divine authority is shaky; its real story is power, corruption, and scandal.

by Christopher Lascelles 2017

3.93

140 ratings

⛪ Church History 🏛️ Papacy 👑 Temporal Power

A People’s History of the United States

by Howard Zinn • 1980

The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.

4.09

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📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire

A People’s History of the United States Summary

A People’s History of the United States 90%

The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.

by Howard Zinn 1980

4.09

268k+ ratings

📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire

The House of Medici

by Christopher Hibbert • 1975

Why Florence's uncrowned kings were bankers who built the Renaissance and survived assassination.

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🏛️ Renaissance Italy 🌺 Florentine History 🏦 Banking Dynasties

The House of Medici 90%

Why Florence's uncrowned kings were bankers who built the Renaissance and survived assassination.

by Christopher Hibbert 1975

3.87

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Italy 🌺 Florentine History 🏦 Banking Dynasties

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

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⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis

The Age of Entitlement 90%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis

King John and the Road to Magna Carta

by Stephen Church • 2015

John lost a continent, defied the pope, and signed a charter that still checks power.

3.58

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🏰 Medieval Politics 👑 Plantagenet England ⚔️ Feudal Monarchy

King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary

King John and the Road to Magna Carta 90%

John lost a continent, defied the pope, and signed a charter that still checks power.

by Stephen Church 2015

3.58

171 ratings

🏰 Medieval Politics 👑 Plantagenet England ⚔️ Feudal Monarchy

Industry and Empire

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1968

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

3.92

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📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History

Industry and Empire 89%

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968

3.92

574 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History

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