🚨🎙️In the latest #EPHPodcast episode, I chatted with Luis Schenoni.
Is war the origin of state capacity in Latin America?
Recommended if you're interested in:
- War and state formation
- Latin America's history
- International relations
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Extraordinary books featured in the 2024 season of #EPHPodcast:
📘 Uprooted – A brilliant blend of econ and political history; needs a category of its own.
📙 Visions of Inequality – Technically from 2023, but still a must-read!
Available here: www.javier-mejia.com/podcasts/the...
My top 5 political-history books of 2024
1. The Invention of Prehistory
2. After 1177 B.C.
3. Empire of Purity
4. A World Safe for Commerce
5. 👇
Listen to the #EPHPodcast here: javier-mejia.com/podcasts/the...
I chat with the authors of my favorite books in economic and political history
My top 4 econ-history books of 2024:
1. How the World Made the West
2. As Gods Among Men
3. Richer and More Equal
4. One from the Many
Listen to the #EPHPodcast here: javier-mejia.com/podcasts/the...
🎙️ New #EPHPodcast with @vcharnysh.bsky.social!
We discussed her work on mass displacement: how post-WWII Poland & West Germany turned diversity & ruptured ties into stronger states and thriving local economies.
Plus, idea generation beyond academia.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/fQ1lW3EqE8w?...
🚨🎙️ New #EPHPodcast episode! I had the pleasure of talking with Jo Quinn about:
- The concept of civilization
- The Minoans and Phoenicians
- Historians' influence on public opinion
…and much more!
A fascinating conversation you won’t want to miss.
🎥 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/3E399PwWhT8?...
"Raised to Obey" shows that the creation of mass education is about state formation and state-building -- not economic goals.
In this episode of The Economic & Political History Podcast, I dive into the book with @javiermejiac.bsky.social. Check it out!
@princetonupress.bsky.social #EPHPodcast
🚨🎙️The expansion of large-scale primary education in the West was driven by elites' efforts to control the masses. It was designed to teach obedience to the system.
Agustina Paglayan explained to me why in the latest episode of the #EPHPodcast.
Watch it here:
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🚨🎙️ Eva Payne introduces 'American sexual exceptionalism'—the idea that Americans view their sexual morality as uniquely superior.
This belief fueled punitive anti-prostitution policies that the US exported abroad.
Eva tells us more in the latest #EPHPodcast episode!
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