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The Historian's Wizard of Oz: Reading L. Frank Baum's Classic as a Political and Monetary Allegory
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15 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's Original "Oz" Series. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, The Patchwork Girl Of Oz, Little Wizard Stories of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow Of Oz, Rinkitink In Oz, The Lost Princess Of Oz, The Tin Woodman Of Oz, The Magic of Oz, and Glinda Of Oz.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 100th Anniversary Edition (Books of Wonder)
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The Historian's Wizard of Oz synthesizes four decades of scholarly interpretations of L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel as an allegory of the Gilded Age political economy and a comment on the gold standard. The heart of the book is an annotated version of The Wizard of Oz that highlights the possible political and monetary symbolism in the book by relating characters, settings, and incidents in it to the historical events and figures of the 1890s, the decade in which Baum wrote his story. Dighe simultaneously values the leading political interpretations of Oz as useful and creative teaching tools, and consolidates them in a sympathetic fashion; yet he rejects the commonly held, and by now well-debunked, view that those interpretations reflect Baum's likely motivations in writing the book. The result is a unique way for readers to acquaint themselves with a classic of children's literature that is a bit different and darker than the better-known film version. Students of history and economics will find two great stories: the dramatic rise and fall of monetary populism and William Jennings Bryan and the original rendering of a childhood story that they know and love. This study draws on several worthy versions of the Oz-as-Populist-parable thesis, but it also separates the reading of Baum's book in this manner from Baum's original intentions. Despite an incongruence with Baum's intent, reading the story as a parable continues to provide a remarkable window into the historical events of the 1890s and, thus, constitutes a tremendous teaching tool for historians, economists, and political scientists. Dighe also includes a primer on gold, silver, and the American monetary system, as well as a brief history of the Populist movement.
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Excellent Classroom Source.......2006-08-13
Ranjit S. Dighe's coverage of Baum's Wizard of Oz as an allegory is well designed as a teaching source for Populism.
I found his chapter on the historical background of this period very helpful in understanding this complicated period. More importantly, the chapter that includes the original story with annotations that identify the symbolism is exactly what a researcher is looking for. References to Littlefield's interpretation and Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech makes this book a complete source for introducing this parable to history or economic students.
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A Woman in History: Eileen Power, 18891940
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This book is a fascinating biography of Eileen Power, a major British historian who once ranked in fame alongside Tawney, Trevelyan and Toynbee. Using letters, diaries and reminiscences, Maxine Berg recreates the life of this charismatic personality, describing, for the first time, Power's remarkable intellectual and scholarly achievements at a time when she was acting very much outside the female role. Power's ability, coupled with her vivid personality, made her history compelling reading and listening to a generation of students.
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This authoritative guide to the use of quantitative methods is designed to be used as the basic text for graduate courses, and is also suitable for upper-level students. Making History Count is written by two senior economic historians with considerable international teaching experience. The text is clearly illustrated with numerous tables, graphs and diagrams, leading the student through the various key topics. It is supported by five specific historical data-sets, available electronically in downloadable and manipulable form.
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Making History Count introduces the main quantitative methods used in historical research. The emphasis is on intuitive understanding and application of the concepts, rather than formal statistics; no knowledge of mathematics beyond simple arithmetic is required. The techniques are illustrated by applications in social, political, demographic and economic history. Students will learn to read and evaluate the application of the quantitative methods used in many books and articles, and to assess the historical conclusions drawn from them. They will also see how quantitative techniques can open up new aspects of an enquiry, and supplement and strengthen other methods of research. This textbook will encourage students to recognize the benefits of using quantitative methods in their own research projects. The text is clearly illustrated with tables, graphs and diagrams, leading the student through key topics. Additional support includes five specific historical data-sets, available from the Cambridge website.
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A lantern in quantitative methods.......2005-08-28
Irving Fisher(1892)said that "mathematics is the lantern by what was before dimly visable now looms up in firm, bold outlines". Unfortunatley, most texts on any area of mathematics fail to enlighten students but rather tend to confuse. Not this one however! Feinstein & Thomas present the subject of quantitative methods in a most readable and enjoyable way. I couldn't put the book down. As an introduction to concepts and techniques it works extremely well with clear and unencumbered presentation, plenty of exlplanation and straightforward diagrams.
F & S manage to make their subject interesting. That is the mark of a true teacher.
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The views generally held about the rise of the factory system in Britain derive from highly distorted accounts of the social consequences of that system—so say the distinguished economic historians whose papers make up this book. The authors offer documentary evidence to support their conclusion that under capitalism the workers, despite long hours and other hardships of factory life, were better off financially, had more opportunities, and led a better life than had been the case before the Industrial Revolution.
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what is history.......2002-01-02
I am intrigued by this collection of essays in "Capitalism and the Historians" published in 1954. Professor F. A. Hayek of the University of Chicago USA is the editor with contributions from Louis Hacker, W. H. Hutt and Bertrand de Jouvenel. The topic of discussion is specifically, the "legend of the deterioration of th eposition of the working classes in consequence to the rise of 'capitalism'", and generally, "the widespread aversion to 'capitalism'". On a larger scale, these essays examine what is "history", as apart from "political legend". Professor Ashton attacks a general pessismism and lack of economic sense in the commonly accepted views of the economic developments of the nineteenth century. He opposes the views of Sombart and Schumpeter which write history "as though it its function were simply to exhibit the gradualness of inevitability." Rather, Ashton maintains "that it is from the spontaneous actions and choices of ordinary people that progress springs." Louis M Hacker addresses the same themes as Ashton and discusses the present attitude of American historians toward capitalism. Hacker summarises, "When, therefore, historians learn to treat their materials more sensitively and make corrections on the counts indicated, the popularly accepted notions about profits as exploitation will undergo drastic revision." Bertrand de Jouvenel examines the treatment of capitalism by continental intellectuals. He explains that the modern intelligentsia occupies a similar position as the clerics of Medieval Times although their authority is undermined because they lack the responsibility of the clerics who were themselves part of the community. "The study of the past," writes de Jouvenel, "always bears the imprint of the present views." In the second part of this book, Ashton examines what happened to the standard of life of the British working classes in the late decades of the eighteenth and the early decades of the nineteenth. W H Hutt also examines the British factory system of this period. The report of the "Sadler's Commitee" in 1832 is analyzed. Although this examination and defence of "capitalism" made for extremely interesting reading, I was more impressed with the methods these historians used to extract their view of events and thereby, redefine common misconceptions of an historical period. If you are interested in the early development of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, or in history as a dynamic organism, this book will be interesting to you.
Capitalism not as a "dirty word.".......2000-09-05
Hayek's books are always not easy ones. This book, not unlike other ones, is hard to understand.
If you think the word "capitalism" is a dirty word. Buy this book or Milton Friedman's "Capitalism and Freedom." You will learn much about capitalism and its meanings.
This is a great investigation of the history of business. It teaches you to think differently. You'll become a better historian.
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The British Marxist Historians
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This book remains the first and most complete study of the founders of one of the most influential contemporary academic traditions in history and social theory.
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Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis
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With Marginal Man, Alexander John Watson provides the first in-depth intellectual biography of Harold Adams Innis (1894-1952), the great Canadian economic historian and communications guru. Melding biography and analysis, Watson presents, in unprecedented detail, the links between key events in InnisÂ' life and scholarly influences, and the intellectual synthesis that Innis produced.
Watson illustrates and reconciles the great thinkerÂ's movement from rural Ontario to the centre of Canadian and international scholarship, followed by his relegation to the margin by scholars who did not understand his political project and the essential consistency of his scholarship and vision. Based on exhaustive research including interviews and reviews of archival sources, the bookÂ's methodology reflects that of Innis himself, emphasizing oral tradition and Â`dirtÂ' research.
InnisÂ' thought is remarkably relevant to todayÂ's world, and Marginal Man discusses his foresight with regards to technological changes - such as the arrival of the internet - as well as historical changes including the end of the Cold War and the beginnings of todayÂ's unipolar world order. This book is an extraordinary work of scholarship in its own right, as well as an essential companion to the work of its subject, one of CanadaÂ's most important minds.
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West Indies Accounts: Essays on the History of the British Caribbean and the Atlantic Economy
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Deftly blending autobiography and history, James Green here reflects on thirty years as an activist, educator, and historian. He recounts how he became deeply immersed in political protest and in recovering and preserving the history of progressive social movements, and how the two are linked. His book, written in an engaging and accessible style, tells powerful stories of people in struggle, framed by the personal account of his own development.
As a historian, Green gives voice to generations of Americans who banded together to fight for social justice. His subjects range from the martyrs of the Haymarket tragedy to the Bread and Roses strikers of 1912, from depression-era struggles for democracy to the civil rights crusaders, from recent Rainbow Coalition campaigns to the latest union organizing drives.
As an activist, Green describes how his participation in the civil rights and labor movements of our own time has transformed his life, first as a student and radical scholar in the 1960s, then as a public historian and teacher of working-class students. He also describes his efforts to break free from academic confinement and "tell movement stories in public," in an attempt to offer hope and counsel to those still fighting for equality and fairness. He concludes with a revealing look at how awareness of past social activism has contributed to the revival of the labor movement during the last ten years, an effort in which Green has been vigorously engaged.
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Beyond Nab End
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The second volume of William Woodruff's memoirs starts with him having arrived in Poplar in the early 1930s. On spec, he turns up at a steel foundry and luckily gets a job. Eventually he decides to "get some leernin" and his first white-collar job starts for the Water Board. Continuing to pursue his studies, he finally wins a place at Ruskin College, Oxford. How the ex-steel worker became an Oxford academic concludes this second volume.
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Not as good as it's for-runner.......2005-02-27
The audio cassette, like the book it is derived from, is very interesting. It picks up William's story from precisely the point at which you leave it in "The Road to Nab End".
The early part of the story I found interesting, it certainly demonstrates that poverty in the early 20th century England was a nation wide issue, amongst the working classes; you could mistakenly believe it just effected the north had you only read the first book. William's journey through education and on to Oxford University, delighted me. But the book is politics heavy and if the history of the Labour movement is not your cup of tea, then you might find you lose your way a touch with this book. Keep on though, it is worth it, it just lacks the evocative magic of it's for runner for the most part. It does cleverly highlight pre-WW2 politics. Some of the early stories capture the old magic, particualry William's cyclehunt for his lost love in driving snow!
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Contemptible.......2005-02-23
Farb's basic premise is that American Indians have ascended to the heights of culture (read: white culture) by 400 years of systematic genocide. That's what the book boils down to. Farb also makes numerous factual errors; e.g., he says the Mandan Indians are exitinct; umm, no, Mr. Farb, they're not.
A wonderful book.......2003-01-29
I hope this book will be re-edited, the prose is wonderful -I couldn't put it down- and without falling into the 'Noble Savage' trap, Farb shows how wonderful life might have been in most Amerindian cultures before Columbus. This book re-educates.
The Recapitulation of the I-E Domestication of the Horse.......1999-12-11
The late Peter Farb's book made a great impression when I read it over twenty years ago and I frequently refer to its insights in my lectures on Environmental history.
Native Americans, like the Scythians, Sarmatians, Magyars, Mongols, Turks, etc., developed a common nomadic culture on the Plains once they had stolen the horse from the Spanish invaders. Like the cultures that proceeded theirs by some three millennia, they had a common tool-kit and life-style, while maintaining different languages and social structures.
Mr. Farb would have been horrified by the thoughtless change of Sioux for Comanche in the filming of the book, 'Dances With Wolves,' for the Sioux were descendants of the Woodland, settled peoples of the East, while the Comanche got the horse earlier, but were Uto-Aztecan nomads of the desert. A particular culture was a mixture and synthesis of all historical ingredients: Comanche lived in small groups that rarely coalesced into large military formations; the Sioux and Blackfeet lived in small goups when hunting, but were confederated into powerful military and economic organizations. In short they are as different as the Lithuanians are from the Romans.
That same film also created unnecessary misunderstandings that Farb's book tried to dispell: he displayed the common human origins of Indian and Western behaviors. The name 'Dances with Wolves' is not at all strange when you remember Mozart's first name Wolfgang.
The natives who traded Manhattan usufruct rights for glass beads were acting in the best traditions of human capitalism: glass beads were unknown to the New World and were visually far superior to found diamonds or rubies. The native trader going inland would get a very good return on each bead and the inland trader going further into the forest could justify giving that return because he would get an even greater return on his investment; thus, there was a very important rationality behind the American Natives' agreement to Dutch terms. They were only completely in the clutches of the Dutch when a glass bead factory was built in New Amsterdam!
Farb shows all enculturated individuals to be human and worthy of both admiration and scorn. It is a great lesson to learn toward the end of a millennium fraught with misunderstanding and the lack of formulation of basic principles for the evaluation of the Self and the Other.
Extraordinary!.......1999-11-18
Peter Farb's book should be brought back into print: unfortunately, he's dead and so there's nobody to promote the book so probably no publisher will be interested. However, you'll find much of his work resurrected in Daniel Quinn's book "Ishmael" and Thom Hartmann's book "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight," both brilliant works available here on amazon.com. All are highly recommended...
Changed my ideas on the American Indians and all humans........1998-09-08
I read this bookfrom the public library some twenty years ago and was so impressed that I bought a copy from my local bookstore. I was not college educated at the time, but this book is so well written that it is easily understood by the average reader. Mr. Farb completely changed my ideas on the American Indian and civilization in the USA. I thought all indians lived in teepees and hunted buffalo and had this all-knowing spirituality. I was completely shocked to learn that they often slaughtered buffalo by running them off cliffs, and that some tribes lived by eating wild berries and whatever they could gather and slept under bushes at night. Of course there were those tribes that were spiritual and educated and had democratic societies. He explains and compares our society today to the American Indians civilization before the white man came to destroy them. It is a wonderful book and I am so sorry it is out of print. It should be published again. If Mr. Farb is still living I would like to be able to write to him and tell him what a profound impression he made.
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