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American History
by Scott McWilliams. A personal journey through American history. I uncover the pages that are missing from high school history class and discuss the mistakes people make when speaking about history.
Family History
by Lisa Maguire. Ancestory tells stories of a Irish and French family in Canada in their historical context. Your family has a story-- I also offer research services to preserve your family stories and research your family’s place in history.
Folk History
by
. For me food is about so much more than eating. It’s about memory, childhood, culture and celebration. So I write about history and food and books – but really I just make connections between what I read, the time of year, what I feel like cooking, or what I spy when I go to market. It’s personal. You can read more of Liz’s work in her book Cornish Feasts and Festivals (2013), which is available on Amazon.Food History
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. Sharing weekly essays and recipes preserving, archiving, exploring, and celebrating the culinary cultures and food history from around the world.by
. A nostalgic and compassionate perspective regarding how Americans have fed their loved ones and communities over the past century, focusing primarily on community cookbooks and personal recipe collections.by
. Belgian pastry chef writing about Belgian food, food history and traditions.Sarah’s work outside of Substack includes:
The Festive Belgian Bakery - available on amazon in both Dutch and English . Recipes and traditions relating to the Belgian holiday season
General History
by
. A free-range collection of stories and snippets about history, science, art, and culture. An interesting newsletter for interested people.Jewish History
by
. A new commentary on Jewish music, arts, and culture. Plus real-time excerpts from my PhD dissertation on music and cantors in early modern Europe. Outside of Substack, Matt is a scholar-in-residence and cantor.
Literary History
Quiet Reading with Tara Penry by
. A weekly boost of confidence in humanity inspired by authors, books, and literary history, with sometimes a golden interlude about anything at all.Local History
by
. The true narrative and History of the small but now very trendy seaside Town of Margate.London History
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. Unusual insights into London's deep and broad history, from the perspective of someone who's been professionally exploring the capital for 20 years. Matt has several books for sale outside of Substack: most recently Atlas of Imagined Places and Atlas of Imagined Cities, but London books include Everything You Know About London is Wrong.Native American History
. Stories of the Florida War (a.k.a. Seminole War 1835-42) and its fallout. Political History
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. Analysis of politics and international relations informed by the lessons of the past and by counter-factual history, with occasional forays into my academic specialism of Tudor history.Popular History
. I write deep dives into the history that inspired certain films. The aim is to entertain and inform. We also create our own artwork to lighten things up. Ottoman History
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. I'm an academically trained historian and I write essays on different themes related to the history of the Ottoman Empire.Women’s History
by Freya Rohn. Discusses obscured history, women and others who have been marginalized and overlooked by history - largely pre-twentieth century. Finding the threads that lead out of the labyrinth.
World History
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. Making sense of a puzzling world with quality history & literature. I am currently doing a series on all 120 winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature as a window onto the history of the modern world. I am developing a 'read-along' model focussed on quality world history and historical fiction for next year. I offer history courses and will be refining them over next few months (currently at courses.jeffrichwriter.com) and have published three books: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Bureaucrat; From the Burning Archive; and Gathering Flowers of the Mind.I also have a YouTube channel.
What fascinating topics! Thank you for the listing.
Thankyou Holly. Have a great week