Reviews

2020

Review: John Julius Norwich, France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle (2018)
21 October 2020 • reviews • france, history, john julius norwich
Review: Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games (2003)
25 March 2020 • reviews • fiction, iain m. banks
Review: Christopher Clark, Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2007)
20 January 2020 • reviews • christopher clark, germany, history

Review: Torquil MacLeod, Meet Me in Malmö (2013)
27 December 2019 • reviews • fiction, torquil macleod
Review: David McKittrick and David McVea, Making Sense of the Troubles: A History of the Northern Ireland Conflict (2012)
14 October 2019 • reviews • britain, david mckittrick, david mcvea, history, imperialism, ireland
Review: Raymond E. Feist, Magician (2012)
6 October 2019 • reviews • fiction, raymond e. feist
Review: E. P. Thompson, Poverty of Theory (1978)
24 September 2019 • reviews • e. p. thompson, historiography, history, marxism
Review: Jason W. Moore, Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital (2015)
12 September 2019 • reviews • capitalism, ecology, jason w. moore
Review: Richard J. Evans, In Defence of History (2001)
4 May 2019 • reviews • historiography, history, postmodernism, richard j evans
Review: Barbara J. Fields and Karen Fields, Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life (2012)
1 March 2019 • reviews • barbara j. fields, karen fields, racism, united states
Review: Lindsey German and John Rees, A People’s History of London (2012)
25 January 2019 • reviews • history, john rees, lindsey german, london

Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 5
9 December 2018 • reviews • a people's history of the united states, history, howard zinn, liberalism, united states
Review: William Davies, The Happiness Industry (2015)
1 December 2018 • reviews • economics, psychology, william davies
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 4
28 November 2018 • reviews • a people’s history of the united states, history, howard zinn, liberalism, united states
Review: Hugh Collins, Marxism and Law (1996)
15 November 2018 • reviews • hugh collins, law, legal theory, marxism
Review: Orlando Figes, Revolutionary Russia, 1891–1991 (2014)
12 November 2018 • reviews • history, orlando figes, russia

Review: J. A. G. Griffith, The Politics of the Judiciary (1997)
27 October 2017 • reviews • j a g griffith, law, legal theory, politics
Review: Michael Burleigh, Small Wars, Faraway Places (2013)
16 October 2017 • reviews • cold war, history, imperialism, michael burleigh
Review: Eric Williams, Capitalism & Slavery (1994)
13 May 2017 • reviews • capitalism, eric williams, history, imperialism, slavery
Review: Sven Beckert, Empire of Cotton (2015)
25 April 2017 • reviews • capitalism, history, imperialism, slavery, sven beckert
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 3
13 February 2017 • reviews • a people's history of the united states, history, howard zinn, united states
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 2
7 February 2017 • reviews • a people's history of the united states, history, howard zinn, slavery, united states
Review: Robert Service, A History of Modern Russia (2003)
31 January 2017 • reviews • history, robert service, russia
Review: Ellen Meiksins Wood, The Origin of Capitalism (2002)
26 January 2017 • reviews • capitalism, ellen meiksins wood, history, marxism
Reading A People’s History of the United States, ch. 1
23 January 2017 • reviews • a people's history of the united states, history, howard zinn, united states
Review: Richard J. Evans, Altered Pasts (2014)
16 January 2017 • reviews • historiography, history, richard j evans

Review: Robert Service, Lenin: A Biography (2010)
9 March 2016 • reviews • biography, history, robert service, russia

Review: Noam Chomsky, Chomsky On Anarchism (2005)
31 July 2014 • reviews • anarchism, free speech, noam chomsky
Review: Chris Mullin, A Very British Coup (2011)
30 July 2014 • reviews • chris mullin, fiction