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Alternate history is explicitly fiction, it's "what-if" stories. Pseudohistory is bullshit masquerading as real history. They are completely different
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Can anyone recommend a book on the Meiji Restoration?
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Jul 25, 2023 22:02
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Gaius Marius posted:It's not a non fiction work but Flaubert's Sentimental Education gives a good feel of the period between the Bourbon Restoration to the establishment of the Second Empire. Moreau, the protagonist, is such a myopic dip poo poo he doesn't really understand anything that's happening which ironically does a good job of representing how much political changes tend to happen around people rather, how much people are just swept up by the current with their heads down until their friend gets their head split open on the street. what translation did you read? I found this one https://archive.org/details/sentimentaleduca00flauiala
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Oct 25, 2023 02:51
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my library didn't have an ebook for Sentimental Education, but they did have Madame Bovary, so I'm reading the latter first. its pleasant enough, reads a bit like 19th century simpsons.
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Gripweed posted:I’m reading Six Frigates. It’s extremely good. I’m not going to let this turn me into a boat guy. do NOT read Castles of Steel
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zedar posted:Can anyone recommend a good book on the Empire of Japan, with a focus on Japanese expansionism in the lead up to and during the pacific war? Preferably not too focused on the military aspect so much as the politics and international consequences. I've been reading Japan 1941 by Eri Hotta. It covers the political situation that led to war with the US. I'm not qualified to say how accurate it is, but it's a good read
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