A history of the labor movement — and how to reinvent it in the new economy

Steven Greenhouse recounts unions’ failures and breakthroughs, and the new challenges they face. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-09 15:15:08 UTC ]

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ is just one gem in drag history’s crown. ‘Legendary Children’ looks at the performers and activists who paved the way.

Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez’s turn in a 250-plus page love letter to queer identity that uses Ru’s successful show as their entry point. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-03 20:23:41 UTC ]
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For Native Americans, a history of pain — and reasons for hope

A photo of an abused Native girl frames Byron Dorgan’s account of struggle and survival. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N signs Turner's 'radical queering of military history'

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has signed Men at War, a "radical queering of military history" from The Quietus co-founder Luke Turner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 09:46:45 UTC ]
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History Press signs Ghee Bowman's debut to mark Dunkirk anniversary

The History Press will publish historian Ghee Bowman's debut non-fiction book, The Indian Contingent, for the 80th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 19:33:46 UTC ]
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Peter Frankopan to chair 2020 Cundill History Prize jury

 Oxford University professor Peter Frankopan, bestselling author of The Silk Roads ​(Bloomsbury), will chair the jury for the 2020 Cundill History Prize.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 17:35:45 UTC ]
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10 of the Biggest Book Deals in History

Ever wonder just how big a book deal payout can be? One reader ranked ten of the biggest book deals in history. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-02-24 11:33:50 UTC ]
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Meredith Claims “Strongest Competitive Position in History” After Time Inc. Merger

President and CEO Tom Harty opened Meredith Corp.'s quarterly earnings call Thursday morning by declaring the integration of the now two-year-old Time Inc. acquisition "largely complete," leaving the company in "the strongest competitive position in its history." Performance in Meredith's... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-02-06 19:40:45 UTC ]
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Hillary without Bill: Curtis Sittenfeld rewrites Clinton's personal history

Novelist says that in the run-up to the 2016 election, she began to imagine a life where Clinton ‘made different choices, personally and professionally’Hillary Rodham Clinton recounts, in her memoir Living History, how Bill Clinton “asked me to marry him again, and again, and I always said no”.... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-02-04 12:14:07 UTC ]
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Katherine Kayne on the Strong Women of Hawaii’s Painful History

In this delightful debut novel Katherine Kayne sweeps us back to a Hawaii still mourning its lost kingdom, where ladies—their ballgowns covered in yards of protective fabric—gallop across the mountains and down the city streets on their way to polo matches and parties, men dance the hula as well... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-17 09:46:07 UTC ]
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The overlooked innovation woven throughout human history

Kassia St. Clair explains the essential role of fabric, from ancient Egypt to outer space. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-09 12:28:19 UTC ]
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A History of Buying Books Onto the Bestseller List

Donald Trump Jr's Triggered hit the New York Times bestseller list with a dagger, an indication of bulk buys. It's far from the first book to do so. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-01-06 11:35:08 UTC ]
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Tayari Jones on the Necessary American History of Ann Petry’s The Street

The Street is a groundbreaking work of American literature that is as relevant today as when it was published in 1946. When it won Ann Petry the Houghton Mifflin Prize for Debut Writers, the literary world was put on notice. Everyone agreed that the novel was brilliant, but, as is the case with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-06 09:47:44 UTC ]
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The financial system is supposed to serve the economy — not harm it

Nicholas Shaxson argues that big banks are thriving at the expense of everyone else. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholars have dismissed debutante balls, but ‘The Season’ digs in to the strange, fascinating history

Kristen Richardson blends historical research and reportage with personal anecdotes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-22 19:55:17 UTC ]
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Hong Kong’s Tears of Anger: How a Democracy Movement Radicalized

Banner image: A phalanx of Braves prepares for battle Featured image: A protest slogan referencing the Polish Solidarity protest movement ¤ MO MING IS used to the acrid taste of tear gas. On October 1, China’s National Day, he zig-zagged across the Harcourt Road flyover in central Hong Kong... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-12-20 13:30:53 UTC ]
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Unearthing London’s history from a muddy riverbank

Mudlarker Lara Maiklem discovers everyday items that tell intimate stories of the city. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-19 21:46:42 UTC ]
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From brutal surgeries to pink ribbons: A history of breast cancer

Survivor and journalist Kate Pickert chronicles the medical and cultural history of the disease. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-13 06:55:53 UTC ]
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The History Press to launch new imprint in 2020

​The History Press will launch a new publishing imprint in 2020, with a list focused on "books that spark".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 14:01:30 UTC ]
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The long moral shadows cast by South Africa's colonial history

A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2019-12-08 07:14:51 UTC ]
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