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Remember the nothing class of Home Ec? Turns out it’s got a past.

The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger

January 8, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

What do chemistry, business, politics, and social justice have in common? I’m betting that no one would have automatically though “Home Economics!” but that’s exactly what The Secret History of Home Economics show. It all started with Catharine Beech, Olivia Washington (3rd wife of Booker T.), and Ellen Swallow in the late 1800s where educational opportunities for women were few and far between. By contextualizing studying chemistry as women as a way to develop better household practices, these ladies and more like them developed one […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: American History, Danielle Dreilinger, Education, home ec, home economics, non fiction, politics, Social Justice

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: American History, Danielle Dreilinger, Education, home ec, home economics, non fiction, politics, Social Justice ·
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December 2022 Leftovers

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

Nineteen Eighty Three by David Peace

Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder by Steve Hodel

And There He Kept Her by Josh Moehling

The Crossing by Michael Connelly

The Nice Guys by Charles Ardai

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe

December 30, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Happy Holidays! Here are the books I finished this month that didn’t merit full reviews due to time constraints and/or a lack of 250 words to describe them… The Burning Room**** Usually with Bosch books, I can tell within the first 30 pages if they’re gonna be good or not. This one was different. I didn’t have a sense for it at first and had a little trouble connecting with it but it turned out to be great. I liked Connelly’s integration of Lucia Soto, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #history, American History, And There He Kept Her, Andrew Jackson, Black Dahlia Avenger, Charles Ardai, Daniel Walker Howe, David Peace, Elizabeth Short, England, George Hodel, hard case crime, harry bosch, historical fiction, James K Polk, Josh Moehling, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Mexican War, Michael Connelly, Minnesota, movie novelization, mystery, Nineteen Eighty Three, Red Riding Quartet, Steve Hodel, The Black Dahlia, The Burning Room, The Crossing, The Nice Guys, War of 1812, What Hath God Wrought, yorkshire, yorkshire ripper

Jake's CBR14 Review No:226 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, American History, And There He Kept Her, Andrew Jackson, Black Dahlia Avenger, Charles Ardai, Daniel Walker Howe, David Peace, Elizabeth Short, England, George Hodel, hard case crime, harry bosch, historical fiction, James K Polk, Josh Moehling, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Mexican War, Michael Connelly, Minnesota, movie novelization, mystery, Nineteen Eighty Three, Red Riding Quartet, Steve Hodel, The Black Dahlia, The Burning Room, The Crossing, The Nice Guys, War of 1812, What Hath God Wrought, yorkshire, yorkshire ripper ·
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All That She Carried – a powerful and important book

All That She Carried by Tiya Miles

November 23, 2022 by MarkAbaddon 2 Comments

What can a simple sack tell us about the past? As it turns out, an absolutely incredible amount. Sometime in the 1850s, a slave named Rose sent her daughter Ashley out of South Carolina to escape slavery with a sack that contained a tattered dress, 3 handfuls of pecans, a braid of her mom’s hair and love. With these talismanic items, Ashley (who was still a child) was able to escape the hellish conditions of the South to freedom in the North. How do we […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: African, african american history, American History, American Slavery, Tiya Miles

MarkAbaddon's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: African, african american history, American History, American Slavery, Tiya Miles ·
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1619 Project Book Cover

“Our myths have not served us well.”

The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones

November 19, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

I don’t imagine this will be a long review, not because the work doesn’t deserve it, and not because there wasn’t plenty to discuss during our book club earlier this fall, but because after spending months with this work, I don’t know how much more brain space I can give it. In a not insignificant way, I need to be done with this work for now. This book is a discussion. Its various contributors are providing context, new or more in-depth analyses of how so […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, American History, book club, CannonBookClub, historiography, how history is made, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Racism, reparations, Slavery, The 1619 Project

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:69 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, American History, book club, CannonBookClub, historiography, how history is made, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Racism, reparations, Slavery, The 1619 Project ·
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History is Made by Persistence and Knowing the Right People

A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton & the Civil War by Stephen B. Oates

September 12, 2022 by Ale Leave a Comment

Clara Barton is one of those historical figures that sits as a vaguely understood fact in my mind. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know about her existence, but beyond being the founder of the American Red Cross, she never bore much significance to me. But then I wrote a little article about visiting small historical sites and the “Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office” came up in my search. A cursory perusal of the website had me fascinated, and I needed to know […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #history, American History, cbrbingo14, civil war, clara barton, Death, Medical History, nursing, Reconstruction, Stephen B. Oates, war, Women's History

Ale's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #history, American History, cbrbingo14, civil war, clara barton, Death, Medical History, nursing, Reconstruction, Stephen B. Oates, war, Women's History ·
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The wonkier version of “Hamilton”

Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America by Jack Rakove

July 13, 2022 by elderberrywine 4 Comments

A very different account of the putting together of the American system of government.  This is the sort of stuff your high school American History (if you had such a class) textbook glossed over, and it’s fascinating to see, in such detail, how it all came together.  Oh sure, there’s some mention of Washington the general, and the various battles, and the multitude of issues the British Empire was facing at the same time, but that’s not where the heart of this book lies. I […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: American History, american politics, Founding Fathers + A Abrams, Jack Rakove, Putting a government together afterwards, Revolutionary War, Shout out to James Madison

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: American History, american politics, Founding Fathers + A Abrams, Jack Rakove, Putting a government together afterwards, Revolutionary War, Shout out to James Madison ·
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