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Henry Spencer 🎩
@maryx
Any recommendations for resources to learn about modern history? Book, Podcast etc. I’m an absolute noob in term of history so please be kind to me
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Bálint Popovits🎩
@popszi
I would recommend these two:
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Kip
@kipkong
I would try narrowing down a first interest - say a country, a specific incident, a topic, an area be it political, scientific or what not - it makes if easier to find your first book/podcast and this will lead to the next episode etc.
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Lain
@lain.eth
I really like these two podcasts: https://www.martyrmade.com https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Independent and rather unideological thinkers and very engaging.
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agere aude
@agereaude.eth
Eric Hobsbawm's series of books (Age of... ) are quite good, although not very light.
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Matt
@mattharrris
This is very macro but should give you a great overview https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewharris/p/the-future-of-the-world-system?r=298d1j&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post Afterward, read Niall Ferguson. He’s my favorite contemporary historian
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Bucky
@buchmanster
Some great but deeper books on modern economic history: - Arrighi, The Long 20th Century (goes back to renaissance) - Hudson, Superimperialism (americas rise to power across 2 world wars and aftermath) If you want more of a story/lighter read, the new Keynes biography “The Price of Peace” covers both wars ++
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miguelito
@mc
Guns of August Hiroshima Rise to Globalism A Peace to End All Peace A few to get started
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