"Oh no, they don't have the blurb... that should be illegal." Lol, this is exactly how I feel. The Midwife's Tale sounds interesting. I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before.
HAHA I always hate when books don't have blurbs and only quotes from authors... it gives me nothing as the reader. Yes, I am so excited to read the Midwife's Tale for my class soon - will hopefully share my thoughts once I do :)
All the courses sound very cool. I like a lot of early cold war stuff, took an East Asian History class, we went over early Japanese and Chinese culture.
@@christinaobo Yes very much so, I've been trying to get back into my reading of those topics, but I haven't had much time, maybe soon though a little bit on the side.
I adored both The Midwife’s Tale and Martin Guerre when I read them in grad school (many years ago). As a social historian, I think both Davis and Ulrich opened new ways for me to approach my own research and writing. Harriet Jacobs is really powerful, too. I hope you enjoy them all as well. Thank you for your lovely channel!
Oh, that is amazing you have read all of these in grad school too! Thus far, I have only read the Davis and it provided so many new ways thinking of and doing research and can't wait to read the other two. Thank you so much for the lovely words and hope you stick around as I continue grad school!
I found your channel yesterday, and its quite informative. I just got accepted to the MA program in history at Georgetown, and these vids are helping fuel my enthusiasm for grad school, whilst diminishing the abject terror.
A huge CONGRATULATIONS on getting into the MA program, that is so exciting! Only the best things ahead and even if it feels overwhelming, it will be the best time!
So glad you liked me sharing all the books! I normally buy them either from used bookstores in NYC (my fav are Westsider and Argosy Bookstore) or I order them online with a retailer like Abebooks
City as an archive? Could not catch the name, but that class sounds so fascinating. Think I have to buy Harlem is Nowhere. Read Walking in Berlin last year for a class, by Franz Hessel, really enjoyed, might have to look at the Walter Benjamin Berlin book too. Most of the books I am reading this semester is somewhat theory heavy. A very good book I have on the curriculum this year is Floating coast, the environmental history of the Bering strait, very interesting and a bit brutal. A great history book I am also currently reading and forgive me if you recommended it on your channel( only remember someone online mentioning it) , One long night , A global history of concentration camps, it is both horrific and very well written.
It is city and the archive - the official title that I mumbled out too quickly! Yes, Harlem is Nowhere looks so good and I am excited to get to read it very soon for the class. Both of the books you mentioned reading for class now sound fascinating even though quite dark. I find theory books do always help inform my research ideas, so I felt like last semester I had a whole set of theory readings and this semester it is a varied example of readings. Always good to have a balance :)
"Oh no, they don't have the blurb... that should be illegal." Lol, this is exactly how I feel. The Midwife's Tale sounds interesting. I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before.
HAHA I always hate when books don't have blurbs and only quotes from authors... it gives me nothing as the reader. Yes, I am so excited to read the Midwife's Tale for my class soon - will hopefully share my thoughts once I do :)
Sharing with you a selection of history books I have been reading this semester 📚Which one do you want to read the most?
All the courses sound very cool. I like a lot of early cold war stuff, took an East Asian History class, we went over early Japanese and Chinese culture.
@@davefischer2344 Oh that is very interesting! Not fully my line of study, but I can imagine it was fascinating to learn :)
@@christinaobo Yes very much so, I've been trying to get back into my reading of those topics, but I haven't had much time, maybe soon though a little bit on the side.
I adored both The Midwife’s Tale and Martin Guerre when I read them in grad school (many years ago). As a social historian, I think both Davis and Ulrich opened new ways for me to approach my own research and writing. Harriet Jacobs is really powerful, too. I hope you enjoy them all as well. Thank you for your lovely channel!
Oh, that is amazing you have read all of these in grad school too! Thus far, I have only read the Davis and it provided so many new ways thinking of and doing research and can't wait to read the other two. Thank you so much for the lovely words and hope you stick around as I continue grad school!
I found your channel yesterday, and its quite informative. I just got accepted to the MA program in history at Georgetown, and these vids are helping fuel my enthusiasm for grad school, whilst diminishing the abject terror.
A huge CONGRATULATIONS on getting into the MA program, that is so exciting! Only the best things ahead and even if it feels overwhelming, it will be the best time!
Oh wow, awesome video! I've added the Martin Guerre book to my wtr 🤓 I also love that you talked about articles as well as books 😍
Thank you so much for the kind words! Yes, so much of grad school is reading scholarly debates so had to include the articles :)
Exactly the content I want TH-cam to recommend me
Thank you for sharing! :) You said that this semester you aimed to buy used copies of all your books. Where did you get them in NYC?
So glad you liked me sharing all the books! I normally buy them either from used bookstores in NYC (my fav are Westsider and Argosy Bookstore) or I order them online with a retailer like Abebooks
@@christinaobo Thank you for sharing! I love your videos!
City as an archive? Could not catch the name, but that class sounds so fascinating. Think I have to buy Harlem is Nowhere. Read Walking in Berlin last year for a class, by Franz Hessel, really enjoyed, might have to look at the Walter Benjamin Berlin book too. Most of the books I am reading this semester is somewhat theory heavy. A very good book I have on the curriculum this year is Floating coast, the environmental history of the Bering strait, very interesting and a bit brutal. A great history book I am also currently reading and forgive me if you recommended it on your channel( only remember someone online mentioning it) , One long night , A global history of concentration camps, it is both horrific and very well written.
It is city and the archive - the official title that I mumbled out too quickly! Yes, Harlem is Nowhere looks so good and I am excited to get to read it very soon for the class. Both of the books you mentioned reading for class now sound fascinating even though quite dark. I find theory books do always help inform my research ideas, so I felt like last semester I had a whole set of theory readings and this semester it is a varied example of readings. Always good to have a balance :)
Hope you enjoy your reading.
Thank you, I really have been!