beepbeepbooks's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
Pretty wonderful work. Kinda opens up history again, feels good. Ends on kind of a different note than I thought, but still extremely provocative, and though the title essay is a knockout, was more impressed by the Universal History chapter. Great book.
cathyreadstoomuch's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent book! Definitely a recommendation for anyone who studies history since the discovery of the Americas. Buck-Moss discusses how much of an influence Haitian revolution and, by extension, slavery and the slave trade affected the daily life and the constructed identity, culture and landscape of Europe and the West. Her attempt to flip "history" on its head is excellent and very affective.
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