• History Study Group

    via Zoom

    Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America by Harry Watson What better way to head into 2024, an important election year, than to visit 1816 America? That is what we thought...Focusing on Jackson, this book covers the rise of strong political parties and an increased popular involvement in national politics. What could more entertain…

  • Philosophy Study Group

    via Zoom

    On Valentine's Day we will be starting a new book, Thought: A Very Short Introduction (2013) by Tim Bayne, a part of the Very Short Introduction series from Oxford University Press. This book costs about $13 in paperback and $7 as an ebook. We will read the first three chapters for our next meeting. And a…

  • The Indigenous Oral History Manual: Canada and the United States (2023)

    Shoreview Library 4560 Victoria St N, Shoreview, MN

    For the past several years, I worked on the Indigenous Oral History Manual: Canada and the United States, with authors Winona Wheeler, Charles E. Trimble (posthumous), and Mary Kay Quinlan. The book focuses on the role of Indigenous voices in Indigenous history. As Māori oral historian Nepia Mahuika wrote in 2019, “I argue that indigenous…