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seahorsemojinow's review against another edition
2.0
Okay, this book was responsible for a lot of my book slowdown of the last month because once I was in it, I felt obligated to finish it, so I couldn't start another book, and I really ... didn't want to keep reading this book.
It's fine! I originally picked it up because living & working in uptown, I wanted some historical context for this place where I'm almost definitely going to spend the next two years of my life. I guess I was hoping for a little bit more radical of a history, though. This book was really weirdly pro-military, definitely racist, and just overall sounded a bit like someone's white racist grandfather telling me fun facts. Some of them, I'm like, "Oh wow!" and many others I'm like, "Yikes."
My boss recommended another history book that's more lefty though, so hopefully I'll be getting my hands on that soon. Glad to be done with this one.
It's fine! I originally picked it up because living & working in uptown, I wanted some historical context for this place where I'm almost definitely going to spend the next two years of my life. I guess I was hoping for a little bit more radical of a history, though. This book was really weirdly pro-military, definitely racist, and just overall sounded a bit like someone's white racist grandfather telling me fun facts. Some of them, I'm like, "Oh wow!" and many others I'm like, "Yikes."
My boss recommended another history book that's more lefty though, so hopefully I'll be getting my hands on that soon. Glad to be done with this one.
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