The Histories
About The Histories
Polybius' Histories were originally written in 40 volumes, only the first five of which are extant in their entirety. The bulk of the work was passed down through collections of excerpts kept in libraries in Byzantium.
Why the West is reckoning with caste bias now
... The 2020 book - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - had compared The Histories of caste and race and Mr Pariyar felt it helped spotlight caste discrimination in the US mainstream...
Cotton, slavery and poetry: Theatre turns spotlight on its problematic past
... Not tearing down history It all comes, of course, as The Histories of monuments and statues around the country are being closely re-examined - and in some cases torn down...
Obituary: Susan Hiller, the artist of neglected memories
... Not in a literal sense, of course, but she could see The Histories that others had collectively forgotten - and through her art, whether it revived neglected memorial plaques or documented dying languages, she gave the rest of us a glimpse of these ghosts too...
How history will judge, President Trump?
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