Books with Histories
David Pearson
Books with Histories
David Pearson
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Galen: An Anthology brings together the most comprehensive range of English translations of the works of physician-philosopher Galen of Pergamum, the most influential medical figure of the Graeco-Roman world.
The Iron Horse in Indian Country examines the complex dynamic between Native peoples and the nineteenth century's chief transportation technology: railroads, spotlighting the ways in which Native peoples organized and appropriated railroads to resist colonialism and establish themselves as decisive actors in a modern world.
The Paris Commune in Britain is a book about radical ideas, and the people and places that make them. It is about how ideas are forged, propagated, and lived, and the mechanisms by which past radicalisms are mobilised in new presents.