{"id":129913,"date":"2015-10-26T09:58:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T09:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/10\/26\/micro-history\/"},"modified":"2015-10-26T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T09:58:20","slug":"micro-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/10\/26\/micro-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro History"},"content":{"rendered":"

misskittystryker<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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leupagus<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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mcbitchtits<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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literarysins<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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lightspeedsound<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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lightspeedsound<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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janeymac-ie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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hlahlahlahlahly<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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atthelamppost<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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lecieltumultueux<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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powells<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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literarysins<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I had to read Cod my freshman year of High School and my brain nearly leaked out of my ears to escape. So. Dry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The
\n Disappearing Spoon<\/a> by Sam Kean<\/b><\/p>\n

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Red<\/a> by Jacky Colliss Harvey
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The Birth of the Pill<\/a> by Jonathan Eig<\/b><\/p>\n

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Coal<\/a> by Barbara Freese
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Salt<\/a> by Mark Kurlansky<\/b><\/p>\n

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Rain<\/a> by Cynthia Barnett<\/b><\/p>\n

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Cod<\/a> by Mark Kurlansky<\/b><\/p>\n

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And a Bottle of Rum<\/a> by Wayne Curtis<\/b><\/p>\n

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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English<\/a> by John McWhorter<\/b><\/p>\n

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Uncommon Grounds<\/a> by Mark Pendergrast<\/b><\/p>\n

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Consider the Fork<\/a> by Bee Wilson<\/b><\/p>\n

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Spice<\/a> by Jack Turner<\/b><\/p>\n

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Color<\/a> by Victoria Finlay<\/b><\/p>\n

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Rabid<\/a> by Bill Wasik<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Golden Spruce<\/a> by John Vaillant<\/b><\/p>\n

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At Home<\/a> by Bill Bryson<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Don\u2019t even get me STARTED on microhistories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I love this genre.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How have I only read two of these?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve read Cod<\/i>, and Consider the Fork<\/i>, and At Home<\/i>, and I need to read the rest of these right now. I can also recommend the following:<\/p>\n

Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion <\/i>by Linda Stratmann<\/p>\n

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On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does <\/i>by Simon Garfield<\/p>\n

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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle<\/i> \u00a0by Thor Hanson<\/p>\n

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Hunger: An Unnatural History<\/i> by Sharman Apt Russell<\/p>\n

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time<\/i> by Dava Sobel<\/p>\n

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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void<\/i> by Mary Roach<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is seriously a huge portion of my amazon kindle library<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

literarysins<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I had to read Cod my freshman year of High School and my brain nearly leaked out of my ears to escape. So. Dry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

^^I can\u2019t tell if that\u2019s a pun re: salted cod or not.<\/p>\n

But also too mark kurlansky starts out super cool and then it\u2019s like GOD I\u2019M RUNNING THROUGH MUD MUST FINISH TO SPITE EVERYBODy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

100% a pun XD<\/p>\n

Yeah I mean as I recall some of it wasn\u2019t TERRIBLE but eventually I was like\u00a0\u201cI get it, I get why I should care, but I\u2019m not going into environmental policy I\u2019m sorry about your fish and their impact\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m going to recommend Scurvy<\/i> by Stephen R. Brown because it will fuck your shit up<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

THANK YOU JESUS AND ALSO\u00a0JEREMIAGOESWHOA<\/a>\u00a0FOR FINDING THIS POST FOR ME<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I dunno if\u00a0The Ghost Map<\/i><\/a>\u00a0counts for this but that history of cholera is amazingly done.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019d recommend The American Plague<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0 Molly Caldwell Crosby. And I\u2019d second the above recommendation for The Ghost Map.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

misskittystryker: leupagus: mcbitchtits: literarysins: lightspeedsound: lightspeedsound: janeymac-ie: hlahlahlahlahly: atthelamppost: lecieltumultueux: powells: literarysins: I had to read Cod my freshman year of High School and my brain nearly leaked out of my ears to escape. So. Dry. The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean Red by Jacky Colliss Harvey The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig … <\/p>\n

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