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A Reading List in Honor of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month

Patrick Grey To celebrate the start of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, The Footnote reviewed some classic and recent works spotlighting the history, culture, and work of Latinx people. Diaspora, resistance, and solidarity are some of the major themes in this book list. We hope that our readers can use this list to explore the contributions of Latinx people within and outside of the academy, in the … Continue reading A Reading List in Honor of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month

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Book Reviews, Historical Topics

Review of Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Jenna Marcus Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a stunning work of historical fiction that brings to life twentieth century China in heartfelt, thought-provoking, and beautifully devastating ways. Spanning seven decades, the story traces three generations of two interconnected families amidst the backdrop of the Chinese Civil War, Mao’s Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, the Tiananmen Square protests, and modern-day China and Hong … Continue reading Review of Do Not Say We Have Nothing

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Review of Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History

Vishnu Raghavan Note: This article contains descriptions of violence, torture, genocide, and death. After World War II, Italians associated with Mussolini and the dictatorship did not undergo criminal trials as far-reaching, prominent, or punishing as those faced by the Nazis at Nuremberg. Additionally, Italian anti-Jewish legislation emerged much later than similar laws in Nazi Germany, with the passage of the Italian Racial Laws in 1938. As a result, … Continue reading Review of Genocide in Libya: Shar, a Hidden Colonial History

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When We All Burn: Understanding the “Long 2010s” with “Long 1960s” U.S. in the World Historiography

Philip LaRue It was the “mass protest decade”—not the “long 1960s,” but the “long 2010s,” beginning with 2008’s global financial crisis. Journalist Vincent Bevins traveled the globe in search of lessons from the past decade’s global street revolt in 2023’s If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution. Bevins argues that “by taking a truly global approach, we can see which factors … Continue reading When We All Burn: Understanding the “Long 2010s” with “Long 1960s” U.S. in the World Historiography

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Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940

Jenna Marcus Mary Renda’s Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940 challenges readers to reflect on American empire and the complex relationship between its center and peripheries. Using a rich array of primary sources and interdisciplinary methods, Renda examines the interplay between domestic culture and imperial expansion through the lens of the early twentieth century American occupation of Haiti. Placing domestic cultural attitudes … Continue reading Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940

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