Empires and Nations

Exploring the history of Central Europe through book reviews, recent scholarship and visits to museums and historic sites. #history #books #CentralEurope

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First tweet in two years, and as you may have noticed the account name has changed. Happy to share from here on I’ll be writing exclusively about Central European history on @substack check out my first post and subscribe here #history #CentralEurope : https://t.co/P23inQFpzz

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Making the migration to a less hateful app. Will still try to post here occasionally but moving forward I’ll be putting most of my social media energy here

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In the book Raban covers a lot of topics still relevant today, like the structure of Qatar’s monarchy, qatari citizenship and the status of migrant workers

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With the #WorldCup in Qatar, I’m sharing my review of Jonathan Raban’s “Arabia through the looking Glass” from @ElandPublishing While written decades ago it was my intro to the Gulf region and I found it a very illuminating glimpse into such a unique world https://t.co/e7TgfzvKTN

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@indylibrary Currently reading and very much enjoying “The Temporary European” a wonderful piece of travel writing from @RickSteves guidebook writer extraordinaire Cameron Hewitt

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Really regretting never developing an audience on a second social media outlet right now

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For #ThrowbackThursday some love for the book I certainly learned the most from in 2022 “Conquering Peace” by @StellaGhervas from @Harvard_Press about the history of major peace treaties and peace movements in modern Europe https://t.co/Td2g3jcRSa

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Taking a moment to congratulate the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin Indiana on its 100th Anniversary this week. I’m a board member of the org that manages this theatre and it’s such an amazing historic building with a wonderful community around it. #historicpreservation

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@indylibrary Currently reading and really enjoying “The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire” by Dominique Kirchner Reill #FridayReads

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If you missed it, yesterday I posted my review of “Forging a Multinational State” from @stanfordpress an intriguing looking into Austria’s 18th & 19th century government which argues the Empire was a far more modern state than historians have taught us https://t.co/nfVA9sQo8n

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For the evening crowd of history fans 👇🏻#BookReview #Austria #Habsburgs

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Here’s my 50th post, a review of “Forging a Multinational State” from @stanfordpress a deep dive into the the reforming work of Austria’s bureaucracy which shows the Empire was a far more modern state than most historians’ have taught us to believe https://t.co/nfVA9sQo8n

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Regardless I really appreciate everyone who read and enjoyed the first 50 posts and am excited for the next 50. I promise I’ll try to make them shorter reads #bookblogger #bookreview #thanks

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Here’s my 50th post, a review of “Forging a Multinational State” from @stanfordpress a deep dive into the the reforming work of Austria’s bureaucracy which shows the Empire was a far more modern state than most historians’ have taught us to believe https://t.co/nfVA9sQo8n

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I’m not sure where the site goes from here, I might shift more explicitly into just covering Central European history, with a few wildcard reviews peppered in occasionally on film or pop culture history.

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Proud to share I’ll be posting my 50th article on the site tomorrow, and to mark the occasion I’ve chosen to review a book on a very exciting topic in Central European history: the Austrian government’s bureaucratic administration #BookReview #Moreexcitingthanitsounds

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Got two high quality Central European history books and one high quality travel writing book for my birthday this year. Might have to ask for a bookshelf for Christmas because I am quickly running out of shelf space 😅

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There’s something wonderfully incongruent about reading a book with crisis in the title while you’re laying in a hammock

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For #ThrowbackThurday a return to my review of “The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine” from @BasicBooks A thoroughly informative and entertaining read that explores the history of Ukrainian-Russian relations and the deep roots of the current conflict https://t.co/H8hUav0M1O