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format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews tag-flavius-josephus tag-jewish-roman-war tag-roman tag-siege-of-jerusalem" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="bp-entry"> <div class="bp-head"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/works-flavius-josephus/7454/">The Works of Flavius Josephus</a></h2> <div class="mom-post-meta bp-meta"><span class="author vcard">Posted By: <span class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/author/daryl-worthington/">Daryl Worthington</a></span></span><span>Posted date: <time datetime="2016-10-25T21:53:14+00:00" itemprop="datePublished" class="updated">October 25, 2016</time></span><span>in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/book-reviews/" title="View all posts in Book Reviews">Book Reviews</a></span><span></span></div> </div>  <div class="bp-details"> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/works-flavius-josephus/7454/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808im_/https://www.newhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Josephus-4.jpg" data-hidpi="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Josephus-4.jpg" alt="The Works of Flavius Josephus"></a> <span class="post-format-icon"></span> </div>  <p> Without the works of Flavius Josephus our knowledge of early Jewish history would be littered with massive gaps. The Jewish priest, scholar and historian wrote crucial texts on the Jewish Re... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/works-flavius-josephus/7454/" class="read-more-link">Read more <i class="fa-icon-double-angle-right"></i></a> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div>  </div>  <div class="clear"></div> </div>  <div class="base-box blog-post default-blog-post bp-horizontal-share post-6101 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews tag-adam-smith tag-capitalism tag-laissez-faire tag-modern-political-economy tag-the-economy tag-the-wealth-of-nations" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="bp-entry"> <div class="bp-head"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/6101-2/6101/">The Wealth Of Nations: Smith’s Basis for Modern Political Economy</a></h2> <div class="mom-post-meta bp-meta"><span class="author vcard">Posted By: <span class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/author/daryl-worthington/">Daryl Worthington</a></span></span><span>Posted date: <time datetime="2016-03-12T18:16:35+00:00" itemprop="datePublished" class="updated">March 12, 2016</time></span><span>in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/book-reviews/" title="View all posts in Book Reviews">Book Reviews</a></span><span></span></div> </div>  <div class="bp-details"> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/6101-2/6101/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808im_/https://www.newhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Adam-Smith.jpg" data-hidpi="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Adam-Smith.jpg" alt="The Wealth Of Nations: Smith’s Basis for Modern Political Economy"></a> <span class="post-format-icon"></span> </div>  <p> Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is possibly the defining book of political economy, providing the ideological foundations for economic liberalism and laissez-faire approaches to eco... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/6101-2/6101/" class="read-more-link">Read more <i class="fa-icon-double-angle-right"></i></a> </p> <div class="clear"></div> </div>  </div>  <div class="clear"></div> </div>  <div class="base-box blog-post default-blog-post bp-horizontal-share post-6026 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-reviews tag-awakening tag-book-review tag-chopin tag-louisianna tag-society tag-women" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="bp-entry"> <div class="bp-head"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/escaping-society-kate-chopins-awakening/6026/">Escaping Society: Kate Chopin’s ‘Awakening’</a></h2> <div class="mom-post-meta bp-meta"><span class="author vcard">Posted By: <span class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/author/daryl-worthington/">Daryl Worthington</a></span></span><span>Posted date: <time datetime="2016-02-28T03:12:50+00:00" itemprop="datePublished" class="updated">February 28, 2016</time></span><span>in: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/book-reviews/" title="View all posts in Book Reviews">Book Reviews</a></span><span></span></div> </div>  <div class="bp-details"> <div class="post-img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/escaping-society-kate-chopins-awakening/6026/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808im_/https://www.newhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Kate-Chopin-portrait-2.jpg" data-hidpi="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614002808/https://www.newhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Kate-Chopin-portrait-2.jpg" alt="Escaping Society: Kate Chopin’s ‘Awakening’"></a> <span class="post-format-icon"></span> </div>  <p> Kate Chopin’s ‘Awakening’ is a novel which explores female desire and empowerment, the constraints of society, and the separation between personality and identity. 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