Books that will help you understand the last 200 years

Explore the best books to understand the last 200 years of history, politics, and culture. Discover insightful reads that unravel key events and transformations shaping our modern world.

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Discipline and Punish

by Michel Foucault

A brilliant work from the most influential philosopher since Sartre. In this indispensable work, a brilliant thinker suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition …
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Democracy in America

by Alexis de Tocqueville

A French aristocrat's account of the ways in which democratic ideals were applied in America during the nineteenth century.
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The Origins of Totalitarianism

by Hannah Arendt

"How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times, even if …
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The Making of the English Working Class

by E.P. Thompson

A seminal text on the history of the working class by one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. During the formative years …
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