tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post3978605549719324335..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A READING LIST FOR MICHAELRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-25836265763406582572010-10-25T00:17:28.644-04:002010-10-25T00:17:28.644-04:00My love of history has followed the opposite traje...My love of history has followed the opposite trajectory. My taste was originally quite provincially American. With age, though, I've grown fascinated with the European past.<br /><br />So, count my vote for a listing of serious works of general history.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314316502730983070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-49121065563365538862010-10-23T22:31:12.982-04:002010-10-23T22:31:12.982-04:00Well, thank you very much professor. I'm sure ...Well, thank you very much professor. I'm sure this will keep me quite busy. <br />And who says "to-the-moment snarky bloggers" aren't teachers anyway?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781744385645937568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-37721284411956041982010-10-23T17:24:19.248-04:002010-10-23T17:24:19.248-04:00OK. I will put up a list on my blog tomorrow. Th...OK. I will put up a list on my blog tomorrow. There are a great many superb works of historiography focusing on the Arican-American expwerience.<br /><br />It seems that despite my best efforts to be a to-the-moment snarky blogger, I keep being pulled back into my role as teacher.<br /><br />Selah.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-25978846436491765342010-10-23T15:30:43.032-04:002010-10-23T15:30:43.032-04:00Please do post a list of recommended readings in b...Please do post a list of recommended readings in black American history. It'd be very useful to me and, I'm sure, many others.Orihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380752589892198702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-77096744480113299902010-10-23T10:01:29.122-04:002010-10-23T10:01:29.122-04:00Professor,
It's Hobsbawm. He wrote a series st...Professor,<br />It's Hobsbawm. He wrote a series starting in 1789, and ends in 1991, over the course of 4-6 books.<br /><br />Thanks for the commentary, I'll check out the series when this semester closes.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-42947351566229412602010-10-23T09:35:16.735-04:002010-10-23T09:35:16.735-04:00Is it by Hobsbawm, or edited by him? If it is by ...Is it by Hobsbawm, or edited by him? If it is by him, you cannot go wrong with him.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-2903604920368881922010-10-23T09:20:51.420-04:002010-10-23T09:20:51.420-04:00Professor,
Have you read the history series of th...Professor, <br />Have you read the history series of the Western world - starting around the time of the American Revolution - by Eric Hobsbawm?<br /><br />After I complete this Marx project, and your book Understanding Marx, I thought I try to tackle his series; but I've heard nothing positive or negative about it.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com