[History_students] HST Club summer reads....

[Beiriger, Eugene]

Dear Historians:

 

At our recent meeting, your fellow History Clubbers shared their summer reading recommendations.  So, as you prepare for the summer, remember to pack plenty of water, sunscreen, and a few of the good reads suggested below....  Enjoy!  

 

Tony Judt - Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

Eugenia Semyonovna - Journey into the Whirlwind 

Madeleine Albright - The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs 

John F. Kasson - Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America 

Vanessa R. Schwartz - Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Paris 

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 

Francis Fukuyama - The End of History and the Last Man 

Doris Kearns Goodwin - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Margaret Macmillan - Paris 1919: The Peacemakers

Phil Rogers - Say It's So: The Chicago White Sox's Magical Season (ok, I had to add this one...)

 

Have a safe and restful summer!  See you in a history class soon!

 

GB

 

Eugene Beiriger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
773/325-7454 (phone)
ebeirige at depaul.edu

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