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Memory : Narratives and Monuments
A list of books about how we remember, or avoid remembering history.
Commemoration, memorials, monuments, narratives, and rhetoric.
Philosophical, creative and social justice themes. Decolonization focused.
Considering statues, museums, journalism, books, etc. with nuance and depth.
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Abuses of History
Books about how historical narratives can be abused and misused to justify misogyny, slavery, colonialism and exclusion.
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Merle Curti Award Winners
The Merle Curti Award is awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social and/or American intellectual history
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Bancroft Prize Winners
The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. The award goes back to 1948 with two winners every year, so I'm adding them starting with the most recent.
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