Many of our newly arrived books concern history and society. Now if "history and Society" doesn't cover a lot of ground, I don't know what does. If you are interested in learning about the issues of home and family, sex and gender roles, race and ethnicity, work, religion, social class or culture, these books are just up your alley.
The one I liked the best:
The Private Side of American History: Readings in Everyday Life (Volume II), edited by Thomas R. Frazier (TPB, 1975, $2)
The one I understood the least:****SOLD****
At the Edge of History: Speculations on the Transformation of Culture, by William Thompson (TPB, 1971, $1)
History is "a thrilling mind-expanding speculation that one follows, like a metaphysical whodunnit."
(Metaphysical stuff and I don't get along, so that explains my confusion. Maybe you will do better.)
Look for these books in a box on the floor in the American History section. (Good luck if you buy that second one!)
