Culture and history outside of the "western world". Recommendations welcome! :)
created by tasmetu
last updated February, 2026
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia,from Revolution to Autocracy
Julia Ioffe
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Eduardo Galeano
The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation
John M. Hobson
African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design
Ron Eglash
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
Cheikh Anta Diop
An Indian Among los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir
Ursula Pike
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Christina Thompson
Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Indonesia and Malaysia
Koentjaraningrat Koentjaraningrat
History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
Luis H. Francia
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life
Ryszard Kapuściński
The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World
Robert McGhee
The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia
Piers Vitebsky
The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Stolen
Ann-Helén Laestadius
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Zeinab Badawi
Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire
Sujit Sivasundaram
Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History
Susan Toby Evans
The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An Autobiography
John Galaty
Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Working with Maori, Honouring the Treaty
Avril Bell
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Siddharth Kara
The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change
Gleb Raygorodetsky
Ancient People of the Arctic
The Caribbean before Columbus
William F Keegan
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia
Marcia Langton
Ideas to Postpone the End of the World
Ailton Krenak
Wars of the Interior
Joseph Zárate
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
Tom Burgis
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. French
Patria: Lost Countries of South America
Laurence Blair
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
Camilla Townsend
what a fantastic and extensive list! thank you so much for putting it together! 🫶🏽
thank you :) if you have any recommendations, let me know :)
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