History
rb.arts.books.nonfiction.history
The past, well told — history books and the arguments they start.
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History
The past, well told — history books and the arguments they start.
**Charter — rb.arts.books.nonfiction.history** This group is for history books: works that explain, narrate, and interpret the past. Ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary; political, military, social, economic, and cultural history; microhistories and sweeping global accounts. If a book is about understanding what happened and why, it belongs here. Topics include: * Reviews, recommendations, and reading lists across every period and region * Discussion of a book's argument, evidence, and interpretation * Historiography: how historians read sources and why accounts differ * Competing books on the same event or era * Primary sources, popular history, and academic history alike * New releases and enduring classics Off-topic here: * Historical fiction (use the fiction groups) * Biography centered on a single life (use the Biography & Memoir group) * Present-day politics as advocacy rather than historical discussion * Piracy links or requests for pirated copies * Spam, harassment, or trolling **Rationale** History is the backbone of nonfiction reading, and good history invites argument: over sources, over interpretation, over what the past means. Readers deserve a focused place to find the best books on a period and to debate the accounts they read, separate from biography and from current-affairs politics.
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**Moderation Plan** 1. Stay on topic. Posts should be about history books or the reading of them. Historical fiction and single-life biography belong in their own groups. 2. Argue in good faith. History is contested; vigorous debate over interpretation is welcome, personal attacks and trolling are not. 3. Cite your sources. When you challenge a book's facts or a member's claim, support it. This group values evidence over assertion. 4. Keep present-day politics historical. Discuss the past and its scholarship; this is not a group for current-events advocacy. 5. No piracy. No links to or requests for pirated copies. Legitimate sources are encouraged. 6. Enforcement. Moderators may remove off-topic, abusive, or rule-breaking posts and mute or ban for repeated or serious violations. Actions are logged and appealable to the group owner.
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