@samwetherell.bsky.social
Historian of Britain and the World at the University of York. Interested in cities, art-making and the future. Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain out now: www.samwetherell.com
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.socialReposted by @samwetherell.bsky.socialOur #ShortlistSpotlight series continues with 'Liverpool: A Story of Britain' by @samwetherell.bsky.social, another remarkable work shortlisted for the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize.
Congratulations to Sam Wetherell and @headofzeus.bsky.social 🎊
@samwetherell.bsky.socialFrom How did the Feudal Economy Work? The Economic Logic of Medieval Societies: academic.oup.com/past/article...
@samwetherell.bsky.socialRIP Chris Wickham. Unlike so many historians who emphasise particularities and contingencies, he was the master of constructing grand, coherent, beautifully rendered worlds out of his evidence. This, from his 2021 Past and Present essay, is a masterpiece of historical writing.
@chikatonooka.bsky.socialReposted by @samwetherell.bsky.socialJust set up Bluesky... because my book is now out in the US and as an e-book. (Coming to the UK on 1 December!) 30% discount code P329 at press.princeton.edu. @princetonupress.bsky.social
@samwetherell.bsky.socialFiction only, for obvious reasons.
@samwetherell.bsky.socialA predictable reflection of my historically specific formation
@samwetherell.bsky.socialFREE BOOKS* *if you write a review for @urbanhistory.bsky.social
@samwetherell.bsky.socialReposted by @samwetherell.bsky.socialI wrote about the art critic John Berger and the strange thing we call the "creative economy" thehistoryfactory.substack.com/p/john-berge...
@samwetherell.bsky.socialCaroline Rose Peyton, Radioactive Dixie: A Nuclear History of the American South
@samwetherell.bsky.socialCindy Anh Nguyen, Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam
@samwetherell.bsky.socialEva Payne, Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution
@samwetherell.bsky.socialPaul Knox, Lost London
@samwetherell.bsky.socialChing Kwan Lee, Forever Hong Kong: A Global City's Decolonisation Struggle
@samwetherell.bsky.socialAnn Elias, The Underharbour: Submerged Histories of Sydney
@samwetherell.bsky.socialRuby Oram, Home Work: Gender, Child Labor, and Education for Girls in Urban America, 1870–1930
@samwetherell.bsky.socialEmilio de Antuñano, The Politics of Informality: Housing and Planning in Mexico City
@samwetherell.bsky.socialDavid E. Barclay Cold War City: A History of West Berlin
@samwetherell.bsky.socialJudith Farquhar and Qicheng Zhang, Ten Thousand Things: Nurturing Life in Contemporary Beijing
@samwetherell.bsky.socialJoshua Specht, Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner
@samwetherell.bsky.socialThe leaves are turning, terms are starting and I am once again looking for people interested in reviewing some wonderful looking books for @urbanhistory.bsky.social - if any of these take your fancy, get in touch. Beginning with Flora Wilson's fabulous looking Operatic Infrastructures.
