Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-02-04
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 69
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Nicole Elizabeth Ramos recommended Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller. James Stout recommended Beyond a Boundary by C. L. R. James. Mia Wong discussed The Utopia of Rules by David Graeber.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Border Patrol Nation
Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller is a non-fiction book examining the history and militarization of the United States Border Patrol.
Recommended“I really like uh a blog and it's also um a podcast every week, Border Chronicles, Todd Miller's Border Chronicles. I also would recommend reading all of Todd Miller's books.”
Where to get it
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Beyond a Boundary
Beyond a Boundary by C.
Recommended“Have you read a book called beyond a boundary by CLR James Andrew? I haven't because it's about cricket and I'm not too integrated cricket but I know it's an iconic I know it's an iconic read.”
Where to get it
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The Utopia of Rules
The Utopia of Rules by David Graeber is an anthropological examination of bureaucracy, violence, and the way administrative systems shape modern society.
Discussed“The anthropologist David Greyber wrote extensively about bureaucracy throughout his career. Probably his most famous book is one of his later works called an earlier thing that he wrote called the utopia of rules. I'm I'm I'm going to read a little bit of one of the first sections of it.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution
“If if you don't want to read about cricket, he also talks about this in the Kruma and the Ghana revolution. Yeah, he did. That is not about cricket.”