The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga2 reviews Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie University Of Chicago Press, 1998 A fascinating narrative of Europe during the Reformation. Readers should understand that this is not a historical novel, but a detailed narrative about Europe during a period of great religious, political, social and cultural upheaval. Tracing the lives of the Platter men, Thomas and his two sons, Felix and Thomas, Jr., the author reveals a society often ...             The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller17 reviews Carlo Ginzburg The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 Very Interesting + A rare view into the mind of a 16th century miller + Microhistory of the masses Researching within the archives of the Inquisition in northeastern Italy, Ginzburg came across a set of records describing the trials of an obscure miller from the Friuli area. Menocchio, as he was known, repudiated a wide variety of conventional positions on religion, on politics, and even on ...             The Interpretation Of Cultures (Basic Books Classics)5 reviews Clifford Geertz Basic Books, 1977 An Imperative Classic + An Academic Giant + An intellectual giant well ahead of his time "Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs..." These cultural "webs of significance" Clifford Geertz speaks of are constructed of religious beliefs and practices, cultural customs, social interactions, attitudes and behavior -- ...             Selected Subaltern Studies (Essays from the 5 Volumes and a Glossary) Oxford University Press, USA, 1988 This provocative volume presents the most wide-ranging essays from the first five volumes of Subaltern Studies, along with an introductory essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak--the translator of Derrida's Of Grammatology into English--and a foreword by eminent critic Edward W. Said. Addressed to students and scholars throughout the humanities, these essays address what Antonio Gramsci--the founder ...             Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison40 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1995 Excellent and thought-provoking. + Knowledge, power, and domination Other reviews have done a nice job of explaining the textual benefits of the book, so let me explain its practical benefit. I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an excellent text to trot out during a sociology or other social science class when you want to egomanically dominate the conversation ...             Telling the Truth About History14 reviews Joyce Oldham Appleby, Lynn Hunt, ... W. W. Norton & Company, 1995 Don't know much about History... + Is History Bunk? The book argues that various types of absolutisms (political, intellectual, or ideological) have been dethroned. Ever since the "heroic model of Science" (which in the past centuries enjoyed an aura of absolute validity) has been shown to be less than "perfectly objective," a struggle has ensued to ...             The Return of Martin Guerre19 reviews Natalie Zemon Davis Harvard University Press, 1984 Great "Micro- History," a new genre in history + Intriguing and well researched + The Return of Martin Guerre + Stellar historical novel! + History With Academic Rigour and Real Literary Worth             Gender and the Politics of History1 review Joan Wallach Scott Columbia University Press, 1999 Foundational Work in Gender History Joan Scott's "Gender and the Politics of History" is one of the landmark books in the field of gender history. What is gender history, you ask? To a large degree, that's a question this book is trying to answer. This book can be regarded as an explanation of *what* gender history is (as Scott ...             Stories of Scottsboro7 reviews James E. Goodman Vintage, 1995 A forgotten embarassment + Amazing book!! + Wow. + Masterful writing, excellent research             The Interpretation Of Cultures (Basic Books Classics)5 reviews Clifford Geertz Basic Books, 1977 An Imperative Classic + An Academic Giant + An intellectual giant well ahead of his time "Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs..." These cultural "webs of significance" Clifford Geertz speaks of are constructed of religious beliefs and practices, cultural customs, social interactions, attitudes and behavior -- ...             Gender and the Politics of History1 review Joan Wallach Scott Columbia University Press, 1999 Foundational Work in Gender History Joan Scott's "Gender and the Politics of History" is one of the landmark books in the field of gender history. What is gender history, you ask? To a large degree, that's a question this book is trying to answer. This book can be regarded as an explanation of *what* gender history is (as Scott ...             Stories of Scottsboro7 reviews James E. Goodman Vintage, 1995 A forgotten embarassment + Amazing book!! + Wow. + Masterful writing, excellent research             Telling the Truth About History14 reviews Joyce Oldham Appleby, Lynn Hunt, ... W. W. Norton & Company, 1995 Don't know much about History... + Is History Bunk? The book argues that various types of absolutisms (political, intellectual, or ideological) have been dethroned. Ever since the "heroic model of Science" (which in the past centuries enjoyed an aura of absolute validity) has been shown to be less than "perfectly objective," a struggle has ensued to ...             Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison40 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1995 Excellent and thought-provoking. + Knowledge, power, and domination Other reviews have done a nice job of explaining the textual benefits of the book, so let me explain its practical benefit. I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an excellent text to trot out during a sociology or other social science class when you want to egomanically dominate the conversation ...             The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller17 reviews Carlo Ginzburg The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992 Very Interesting + A rare view into the mind of a 16th century miller + Microhistory of the masses Researching within the archives of the Inquisition in northeastern Italy, Ginzburg came across a set of records describing the trials of an obscure miller from the Friuli area. Menocchio, as he was known, repudiated a wide variety of conventional positions on religion, on politics, and even on ...             The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga2 reviews Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie University Of Chicago Press, 1998 A fascinating narrative of Europe during the Reformation. Readers should understand that this is not a historical novel, but a detailed narrative about Europe during a period of great religious, political, social and cultural upheaval. Tracing the lives of the Platter men, Thomas and his two sons, Felix and Thomas, Jr., the author reveals a society often ...             Selected Subaltern Studies (Essays from the 5 Volumes and a Glossary) Oxford University Press, USA, 1988 This provocative volume presents the most wide-ranging essays from the first five volumes of Subaltern Studies, along with an introductory essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak--the translator of Derrida's Of Grammatology into English--and a foreword by eminent critic Edward W. Said. Addressed to students and scholars throughout the humanities, these essays address what Antonio Gramsci--the founder ...             The Return of Martin Guerre19 reviews Natalie Zemon Davis Harvard University Press, 1984 Great "Micro- History," a new genre in history + Intriguing and well researched + The Return of Martin Guerre + Stellar historical novel! + History With Academic Rigour and Real Literary Worth