118: Shane White Is An Avowed Completist
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Visit draftingthepast.com for even more great nonfiction history book coverage, including book reviews, interviews with authors, and new book releases.Note: Links to bookshop.org are affiliate links. If you buy books through these links, you support independent bookstores, our authors, and Drafting the Past!About this episode:In this episode, Kate is joined by Dr. Shane White, the emeritus Challis Professor of History at the University of Sydney. Shane is a historian of US history, especially African American history, and has written or co-written seven books. His newest book is A Moment in the Sun: Black Manhattan Before the Civil War, and it is the product of decades of thinking and research. In it, he details the world of Black men and women in antebellum New York, bringing to life characters and moments that might otherwise be overlooked. As you’ll hear, it’s a book that emerges out of Shane’s incredibly detailed and intimate knowledge of one dense body of sources in particular, the district attorney’s records in the Municipal Archives of the City of New York, hundreds of thousands of files that date back to the 1790s. Listen to their conversation to learn about Shane’s dogged approach to research and his reflections on a career as a historian of the United States who lives and works in Australia.Mentioned in this episode:Shane White, A Moment in the Sun: Black Manhattan Before the Civil WarShane White, Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black MillionaireShane White and Graham White, The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and SpeechShane White and Graham White, Stylin’: African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot SuitShane White, Stephen Garton, Stephen Robertson, and Graham White, Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem Between the WarsShane White, Stories of Freedom in Black New YorkShane White, Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810The David Abraham scandalRhys Isaac, The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790Ian TyrrellMichael McDonnell, Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of AmericaRobert Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York and the Lyndon Johnson books
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