Further Explored
by Peter Laslett
Recommended by Paul Graham
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, Most Recommended Books, and History.
The World We Have Lost is a seminal work in the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. The book explores the size and structure of families in preindustrial England, the number and position of servants, the elite minority of gentry, rates ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, Most Recommended Books, and History.
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Paul Graham
Co-founder of Y Combinator; essayist
“Q: What should I read to learn more about history PG: The way to do it is piecemeal. You could just sit down and try reading Roberts's History of the World cover to cover, but you'd probably lose interest. I think it's a better plan to read books about specific topics, even if you don't understand everything the first time through. Here are the most exciting ones I can think of”
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Consider Accidental Presidents by Jared Cohen. Recommended by 10 sources.
“Accidental Presidents offers eight narrative portraits of men who succeeded to the U.S. presidency without election, using anecdote-rich scenes and readable context to show how personality and circumstance interact with office power. It’s strongest as a set of self-contained stories that make succession stakes concrete for non-specialist readers; it does not prioritize dense archival argument or exhaustive methodology, so expect some interpretive generalizations and repeated themes across cases. Use it for fast historical orientation rather than scholarly deep-dives.”
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