Books like The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
12 books with a reading profile close to The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
by S.C. Gwynne
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, academic
S.C.
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Hitler's Gift
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, academic
In 1933, the Civil Service Law stripped Jewish academics of their positions, dismantling Germany’s global dominance in science and physics.
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Tastes of Byzantium
by Andrew Dalby
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, academic
Andrew Dalby reconstructs the culinary landscape of the Eastern Roman Empire, focusing on the markets and kitchens of Constantinople.
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Damascus
by Ross Burns
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Ross Burns provides a chronological history of Damascus, focusing on how its urban layout and architectural layers reflect shifting political control.
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Pasta
by Silvano Serventi, Françoise Sabban
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, academic
This history traces the technical and cultural evolution of noodles and macaroni from ancient China and medieval Italy to the modern global market.
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The Invention of the Restaurant
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Rebecca Spang traces the origins of the restaurant to eighteenth-century Paris, arguing that these establishments did not begin as places for gluttony, but as quasi-medical spas.
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Food and Drink in Medieval Poland
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Maria Dembinska provides a technical reconstruction of dietary patterns in Poland from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.
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Russia and the Russians
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Geoffrey Hosking analyzes the tension between the expansion of the Russian state and the development of its national identity.
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Constantinople: Capital of Byzantium
Also outward-looking · history, academic
Jonathan Harris reconstructs the urban landscape and political culture of Constantinople during the peak of its influence around the year 1200.
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And the Band Played on
by Randy Shilts
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, academic
Randy Shilts documents the initial decade of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, tracking the virus from its first appearance in urban centers to its spread through the blood supply.
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The Johnstown Flood
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
The book reconstructs the 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania, where the South Fork Dam collapsed after days of heavy rain.
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