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blackbootz · 3247 days ago · link · · parent · post: What are your best reccomendations for history books?
How curious--could you explain? If one doesn't know anything about a subject, what would be a better introduction than a well written textbook? In my earlier attempts to acquire the knowledge one gains in college on my and for free, I would audit classes, listen to lectures, and buy and read textbooks to try to engage myself with material. (This happened before I realized that the point of college was paying for a degree which serves as proxy of my intelligence and socialization, which frustrated my attempts to be informed only a lot.) What should I have done differently than buy a textbook?