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12 books with a reading profile close to The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber. Deep and outward-looking; a demanding read.

1

Unthinking Social Science

by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

Immanuel Wallerstein argues that the analytical structures established in the nineteenth century now obstruct our ability to interpret the modern world-system.
2

Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume One

by Richard Taruskin

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

In this study, Richard Taruskin challenges Igor Stravinsky’s self-cultivated image as a detached European cosmopolitan by reconnecting his early development to specific Russian cultural frameworks.
3

Geopolitics

by John A. Agnew

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

John Agnew analyzes how the spatial distribution of power shifted from the rise of modern states in the sixteenth century to the post-Cold War era.
4

Orientalism

by Edward W. Said

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

Edward Said analyzes how Western academic and artistic institutions created a distorted, artificial image of the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa to justify imperial expansion.
5

The Federalist Papers

by Alexander Hamilton

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

The Federalist Papers comprise eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to advocate for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
6

Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption

by Stephen J. Shoemaker

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

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The Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage

by David Lowenthal, Kenneth Olwig

Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense

This book examines the persistent conceptual divide between natural and cultural heritage, arguing that these categories are defined by a viewer’s intellectual and geographical location.
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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art

by Bruno David, Ian J. McNiven

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

This handbook integrates archaeological data with ethnographic perspectives to examine how humans have marked stone surfaces over millennia.
9

Democracy in America

by Alexis de Tocqueville

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

Alexis de Tocqueville provides a detailed analysis of the American democratic system based on his travels through the United States in the early 1830s.
10

The Music of J. S. Bach

by David Schulenberg

Also deep and outward-looking · academic, dense

This volume brings together nine scholars to examine the technical construction and historical performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s instrumental music.
11

From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins

by Ariadne Staples

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

Ariadne Staples analyzes the intersection of gender identity and ritual practice in ancient Rome, focusing specifically on how religious participation defined a woman’s civic status.
12

The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity

by John Boardman

Also deep and outward-looking · history, academic

John Boardman tracks the geographic and cultural trajectory of Greek visual culture as it moved beyond its Mediterranean borders toward Britain, central Asia, and China between the eighth century BCE and the early centu…

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