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March 19, 2013
in History, Social Science

Eminent Biography: Tim Jeal on Dr. Livingstone

March 19, 2013
in History, Social Science

Read an excerpt from Livingstone on the London Yale Books Blog Read a piece by Tim Jeal for The Daily Beast Born March 19, 1813, David Livingstone became a living myth and national hero of Victorian Britain long before his death in present-day Zambia, having lost contact with the rest of the world

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October 20, 2011
in History, Social Science

Eminent Biography: Tim Jeal on Explorers of the Nile

October 20, 2011
in History, Social Science

After his acclaimed biographies of Livingstone and of Stanley, Tim Jeal explains what still draws him to Africa and the deeds of the great Victorian explorers, who feature in Explorers of the Nile, his definitive account of the contest to discover the Nile’s source. To be published November 1, this

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The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: A Reading List

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The History of Economic Sanctions as a Tool of War

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Black Artists in America: From the the Great Depression to Civil Rights

Earnestine Jenkins– My new book, Black Artists in America: from the Great Depression to…