History
My father has always been a history buff, and I got my interest from him. All places and times interest me. Will and Ariel Durant were my favorite writers. The most robust historian I've read was Marshall Hodgson. Arnold Toynbee, really a philosopher of history, was most interesting to read, closely followed by Michael Mann. About half of my amazon.com reviews are of history books.
- A History of Islamic Societies, Lapidus
- A History of India, Kulke and Rothermund
- Rethinking World History, Marshall Hodgson
- The Sources of Social Power, Volume II, Mann
- The War of 1812, Donald Hickey
- What If? Robert Crowley, ed.
- Albion's Seed, Fischer
- Roadside History of Oregon, Gulick
- Technology in World Civilization, Pacey
- A History of India, Thapar
- A New History of India, Wolpert
- A History of Japan, Tuttle
- China in World History, Adshead
- A History of Chinese Civilization, Gernet
- When China Ruled the Seas, Levathes
- In Search of Southeast Asia, Steinberg ed.
- Asian Power and Politics, Pye
- The Sources of Social Power, volume I, Mann
- The Epic of Latin America, Crow
- Africans and their History, Harris
- Indians in American History, Hoxie
- The Perilous Frontier, Barfield
- The Venture of Islam, Hodgson
- A People's History of the United States, Zinn
- The Story of Civilization, Durant [only 60% read, but it's 9,000 pages]
- A Study of History, Arnold Toynbee
- The Spanish Frontier in North America, David J. Weber
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