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Nature's Metropolis by Bill Cronon - fascinating story about how Chicago developed into the urban powerhouse it is today
The Name of War by Jill Lepore - a history of King Philip's War of the 17th century, a profoundly bloody conflict between colonists + Indians
This Republic of Suffering, by Drew Gilpin Faust - history of death and suffering in the Civil War (LOVE this book)
The Circus Age, by Janet Davis - a political and cultural history of the circus during the 19th century
Segregating Sound by Karl Hagstrom Miller - how pop music developed from racial categorization