Recs if you like Eyeliner: A Cultural History...
Teach me something new and oddly specific 💬
Niche nonfiction, aka micro-histories!
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The history of *[niche subject]*
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microhistories: “how do you even know that??”
microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"
Walk walk fashion baby
Fashion history, culture, and politics for the girlies who read Vogue online as formative literature ✨ Always open to suggestions!
It’s okay to judge a book by it’s cover!
Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉
Niche microhistories
Small topics that pack a punch
Brain Food
Microhistories and niche non-fiction to make you go… huh?
Suggestions welcome
the greatest thing since (or until) sliced bread
More niche nonfiction and microhistories, but this list is focusing on important, memorable, and significant inventions in the world's history. Suggestions welcome!
Weirdly Specific Non-Fiction
The Life and Times of Beauty
Here are some books about the beauty industry, both the good and the bad.
History in Trade
Books observing how trade and multicultural interactions have shaped the past and present
conjures bookshelf
trying to ensure i know what i own and what i need to read stilll
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