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Books by Adam Hochschild mentioned on podcasts
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King Leopold's ghost
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild is a historical nonfiction book detailing the brutal colonization of the Congo and the severe human misery inflicted by King Leopold II's regime.
Recommended“I really recommend reading King Leopold's ghost by Adam hosch child it's a great book and it really delves into the human misery caused by this regime”
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Bury the Chains
Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild is a powerful historical account detailing the abolition of slavery in the British Empire and the dedicated activists who fought to end the trade.
Recommended“in that same regard there's a wonderful book called bury the chain which is about the ending of slavery in the British Empire”
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American Midnight
Discussed“And there's a really interesting book called American Midnight about how America had been going in a more authoritarian direction since the end of the Civil War and then in the 1920s after World War I that dramatic or sorry during World War I it dramatically accelerated.”
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Spain in our hearts
Spain in Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild is a sweeping historical narrative examining the American participants and international politics surrounding the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939.
Discussed“Adam hooki will tell us about his newest book Spain in our hearts”
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The Unquiet Ghost
Discussed“uh I described in my book The unquiet Ghost Russians remember Stalin visiting a gulag graveyard in C Kazakhstan and discovering to my astonishment that a lot of the graves had Spanish names”
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