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Plummeting Upstairs: On Joseph Sassoon's “The Sassoons”
Pratinav Anil finds much to admire in Joseph Sassoon’s history of his own storied merchant family.
History
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw
L.A., LAtinx Style: A Conversation Between Natalia Molina, Juan De Lara, George J. Sánchez, and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
A panel at the 2022 LA Times Festival of Books addressed the past and future of Los Angeles’s Latinx neighborhoods.
The Overlooked Indian Dynasties: On Anirudh Kanisetti’s “Lords of the Deccan”
Arun A. K. praises the peninsular history of India’s early medieval period by Anirudh Kanisetti.
Human Interest: On Deborah Cohen’s “Last Call at the Hotel Imperial”
Thomas J. Sojka considers Deborah Cohen’s study of five US journalists immediately before World War II.
The Method Is the Main Character: A Conversation with Isaac Butler
Lauren Goldenberg talks with Isaac Butler about his new book, “The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act.”
The Hidden War
Greg Barnhisel considers “Resistance: The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939–1945” by Halik Kochanski.
Spy Versus Sly: On Jefferson Morley’s “Scorpions’ Dance”
Jacob Sugarman considers a hair-raising account of CIA misdeeds in Jefferson Morley’s “Scorpions’ Dance.”
Decline and Fall
Andrew Louth reviews Paul Stephenson's new book on the Byzantine Empire, "New Rome: The Empire in the East."
Children’s Maps of the American Empire: A Conversation with Mahshid Mayar
M. Buna speaks with Mahshid Mayar about her book “Rulers of the World: The American Child and the Cartographic Pedagogies of Empire.”
Cycles of History: On Jody Rosen’s “Two Wheels Good”
Jonathan Liebson reviews Jody Rosen’s “Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle.”
The Bad Mexicans of the Mexican Revolution
Ximena Delgado finds much that is good in “Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire & Revolution in the Borderlands” by Kelly Lytle Hernández.
Calling on Lincoln
Ronald White considers “A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House” by Jonathan W. White.
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