#22 Read a history about a period you know little about.

[Ron]

Rebekah wrote: "I'm reading Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands, which focuses on the lead-up to the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century throughout the borderland..."

This sounds pretty cool. I'm always trying to find new material on topics related to Mexican history.

[Alex]

I wanted to read Gay Voices of the Harlem Renaissance but it is very textbook-like and I'm just not in the headspace for it. Instead, I read Grass, which is about "comfort women" aka sex slaves during Japanese imperialism in Korea. The WWII knowledge I have is very America-Europe oriented, so this fit in well as a different side of it. I can't say I enjoyed it, as it was such a sad topic, but I'm glad I read it.

[Mandie]

I read Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran by Shirin Ebadi for this prompt.

[Emily]

I read Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx. It wasn’t a concise historical period but still fits the prompt, I think, but I sort of think of historical periods as not just blocks of time but also places and other contexts. Anyway the important thing here is that I didn’t know much about wetlands and their historical importance or depletion and now I know a little more.