Marcus Golding

Hello everyone! I am back with another new book review. I will hopefully continue to post a couple more over the next weeks! This review is about one of the best books I have read. The topic of archives as historical subjects and as producers of particular political logics is fascinating.  Kirsten Weld does a great job intertwining studies on historical memory and the redefinition of archival knowledge to produce new historical narratives ,with studies about urban violence du

Hello everyone! It has been a while since my last entry. The last posts were devoted to the illustrious history of Rome. Unfortunately, I will not be writing about Romans soon. But do not despair! I will transition to an equally fascinating  historical period, Latin America in the twentieth century. I will start by sharing a book review I wrote about U.S.-Venezuelan diplomatic relations during the Cold War, a period of political extremism and widespread military repression in