1. Michelle Dean wrote a very useful, thought-provoking twitter essay on the gap between academic history and cultural journalism
@notjessewalker Yeah, it's hard to appreciate unless you personally dip into a historical controversy or do extended historical research.
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@HeerJeet I tried to get it across when I wrote about the origins of King Philips' War. That vertigo of radical doubt. -
@notjessewalker The further back we go, the more doubt there is. I sometimes think all of ancient history is near-mythology.
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