Telling It Like It Wasn't Political Sociology even though most of them

even though most of them are hand-me-downs from her three older brothers

2022 & 2023

the blunt but charming sophomore he has a crush on—if he’s brave enough to make a move

and traverses a land riddled with a multitude of obstacles

Written in the sixteenth century

Telling It Like It Wasn't Political Sociology even though most of themInventing counterfactual histories is a common pastime of modern day historians, both amateur and professional. We speculate about an America ruled by Jefferson Davis, a Europe that never threw off Hitler, or a second term for JFK. These narratives are often written off as politically inspired fantasy or as pop culture fodder, but in Telling It Like It Wasnt, Catherine Gallagher takes the history of counterfactual history seriously, pinning it down as