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Historians in public

From EH.net, a review of Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History by Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast. Albert Mobilio reviews Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton. Saving the planet with postmodernist history: A review of Is History Fiction? by Ann Curthoys and John Docker. From the SSRC's Transformations of the Public Sphere, Thomas Bender on historians in public. From New Left Review, an interview with Eric Hobsbawm. A review of Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Biography by Adam Sisman (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more). Historian Michael A. Bellesiles tries to put an earlier scholarly scandal behind him with a new book (and more at The Chronicle of Higher Education). "Do you enjoy your high profile as a historian?": An interview with Niall Ferguson. Simon Schama talks about his new book and defends himself against the accusation of dumbing down. The first chapter from Twentieth Century History for Dummies by Sean Lang. From Cracked, a look at 5 world changing decisions (made for ridiculous reasons); 6 acts of propaganda that backfired hilariously; and 6 things from history everyone pictures incorrectly. Take cover when you hear a political leader talking about economic affairs: John S. Chamberlain on ten economic blunders from history.