Reviews for If Beale Street Could Talk: Music, Community, Culture

The average rating for If Beale Street Could Talk: Music, Community, Culture based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-01-20 00:00:00 Kelvin Ling An old textbook from my undergraduate degree years ago, I found it randomly somewhere and thought I'd read it again, as my knowledge of the era has rusted over somewhat! O'Gorman manages to do a decent job covering the kaleidoscopic political scene and social transformations of the era, as well as detailing the recent (for 1997) historiographical debates on most subject. The emphasis is usually as much on continuity as it is on the changes which took place over the Long Eighteenth Century. There's slightly less coverage of the economic or cultural history (well, hence the title), and a single volume can never do full justice to such a long and complex period, but it's still pretty useful and informative as an overview.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-07 00:00:00 Blase Sorritelli A bit dry but a great starting point for learning about a century that often falls between two better known ones. More political than military, despite the number of wars.