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Looking for read-alikes for Foucault by J G Merquior? These 24 titles overlap in c 1800 to c 1900, 20th Century, and Philosophy and overall literary texture.

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Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

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England’s Michelangelo: a Biography of George Frederick Watts

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

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Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

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Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

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Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

The Passion for Fashion; Three Centuries of Changing Styles — Adrian Bailey

The Passion for Fashion; Three Centuries of Changing Styles

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

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Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

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Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

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Island Women Photographs of East End Women 1897 to 1983

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

From the Cradle to the Grave Social Welfare in Britain, 1890s — Simon Wood

From the Cradle to the Grave Social Welfare in Britain, 1890s

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

A History of the County Cricket Championship — Robert Brooke

A History of the County Cricket Championship

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

The Railway Workshops of Britain, 1823-1986 — Edgar J. Larkin

The Railway Workshops of Britain, 1823-1986

Edgar J. Larkin

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

Britain, 1815-1918 (Flagship History) — Richard Staon

Britain, 1815-1918 (Flagship History)

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

The Illustrated History of East Coast Joint Stock — K. Hoole

The Illustrated History of East Coast Joint Stock

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

Road to the Isles — Derek Cooper

Road to the Isles

Themes: c 1800 to c 1900 • 20th Century

Psychic Connection and the Twentieth-century British Novel From Telepathy to the Network Novel — Mark Taylor

Psychic Connection and the Twentieth-century British Novel From Telepathy to the Network Novel

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

The Twentieth Century German Art Exhibition Answering Degenerate Art in 1930s London — Lucy Wasensteiner

The Twentieth Century German Art Exhibition Answering Degenerate Art in 1930s London

Lucy Wasensteiner

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

Spoiled Distinctions Aesthetics and the Ordinary in French Modernism — Hannah Freed-Thall

Spoiled Distinctions Aesthetics and the Ordinary in French Modernism

Hannah Freed-Thall

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

The Way of Bitterness Soviet Russia, 1920 — Princess Peter Wolkonsky

The Way of Bitterness Soviet Russia, 1920

Princess Peter Wolkonsky

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

How Do You Kill 11 Million People? (International Edition) Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think — Andy Andrews

How Do You Kill 11 Million People? (International Edition) Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

The Choice Embrace the Possible — Edith Eva Eger

The Choice Embrace the Possible

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

The Beveridge Report Blueprint for the Welfare State — Derek Fraser

The Beveridge Report Blueprint for the Welfare State

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

Reflections, Physical And Moral Upon The Various And Numerous Uncommon Phenomena In The Air, Water, Or Earth (1756) — John Forster

Reflections, Physical And Moral Upon The Various And Numerous Uncommon Phenomena In The Air, Water, Or Earth (1756)

Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

Essays on Fascism — Benito Mussolini

Essays on Fascism

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Themes: 20th Century • Philosophy

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of c 1800 to c 1900, 20th Century, Philosophy — the same threads that run through Foucault by J G Merquior. Among the authors featured: Charles William Holland, Wilfrid Blunt, Duncan Robinson, Andrew Langley, and others.

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