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Jeff Excell 🎩
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Lists of books I want: List of the best (yr favorite) books written at the turn of the century (more specifically 1890s-1920s) List of fiction that deals with the idea that life is finite List of your favorite 2nd tier fantasy books (not: Tolkien, Martin etc)
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Two books from that era that I’ve enjoyed in the last year: Humanity Uprooted - Maurice Hindus: written by a Russian who emigrated to the US before the Bolshevik Revolution and then went back 5ish years after the revolution to do a tour of the country. Each chapter is an institution they were changing. Wild book.
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Chance
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Another book is The Spirit of Association by M Robinson. This book looks at ways in history humans have aggregated to solve X problems they share. Chapters on trade / social / craft guilds, friendly societies, Industrial Revolution, unions, co-operatives. (I’m researching history of informal social safety nets)
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Jeff Excell 🎩
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Oh man these both sound just amazing. Thanks so much for the recs
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