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Author: 
Giulia Bonazza
Reviewer: 
Valeria Deplano

Deplano on Bonazza, 'Abolitionism and the Persistence of Slavery in Italian States, 1750-1850'

Giulia Bonazza. Abolitionism and the Persistence of Slavery in Italian States, 1750-1850. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. xxv + 227 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-030-01348-6.

Reviewed by Valeria Deplano (University of Cagliari) Published on H-Italy (March, 2023) Commissioned by Matteo Pretelli (University of Naples "L'Orientale")

Author: 
David H. Wilson Jr.
Reviewer: 
Katrina Phillips

Phillips on Wilson Jr., 'Northern Paiutes of the Malheur: High Desert Reckoning in Oregon Country'

David H. Wilson Jr. Northern Paiutes of the Malheur: High Desert Reckoning in Oregon Country. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. Illustrations. 336 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-3045-4

Author: 
Celucien L. Joseph, Suchismita Banerjee, Marvin E. Hobson, Danny M. Hoey, eds.
Reviewer: 
Nadège Clitandre

Clitandre on Joseph and Banerjee and Hobson and Hoey, 'Approaches to Teaching the Works of Edwidge Danticat'

Celucien L. Joseph, Suchismita Banerjee, Marvin E. Hobson, Danny M. Hoey, eds. Approaches to Teaching the Works of Edwidge Danticat. New York: Routledge, 2020. 381 pp. $52.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-03-224030-5.

Reviewed by Nadège Clitandre (University of California, Santa Barbara) Published on H-Haiti (March, 2023) Commissioned by Chelsea Stieber (Catholic University of America)

Author: 
Maria Rentetzi
Reviewer: 
Aimee Slaughter

Slaughter on Rentetzi, 'Seduced by Radium: How Industry Transformed Science in the American Marketplace'

Maria Rentetzi. Seduced by Radium: How Industry Transformed Science in the American Marketplace. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022. xi + 292 pp. $28.43 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4706-6

Author: 
Charles Manson
Reviewer: 
Daniel Berounský

Berounský on Manson, 'The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha'

Charles Manson. The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha. Lives of the Masters Series. Boulder: Shambhala, 2022. 304 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-55939-467-3

Reviewed by Daniel Berounský (Charles University) Published on H-Buddhism (March, 2023) Commissioned by Lucia Galli

Author: 
Paul Sagar
Reviewer: 
Maria Pia Paganelli

Paganelli on Sagar, 'Adam Smith Reconsidered: History, Liberty, and the Foundations of Modern Politics'

Paul Sagar. Adam Smith Reconsidered: History, Liberty, and the Foundations of Modern Politics. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. 248 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-21083-4

Author: 
Sonia Purnell
Reviewer: 
Danielle Wirsansky

Wirsansky on Purnell, 'A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II'

Sonia Purnell. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. New York: Penguin Books, 2020. 352 pp. $16.20 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7352-2531-2

Author: 
Frank A. Stengel
Reviewer: 
William G. Gray

Gray on Stengel, 'The Politics of Military Force'

Frank A. Stengel. The Politics of Military Force. Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics Series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020. xvi + 269 pp. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-472-13221-8.

Reviewed by William G. Gray (Purdue University) Published on H-War (March, 2023) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Henry D. Sokolski
Reviewer: 
Brian D. Green

Green on Sokolski, 'Space and Missile Wars: What Awaits'

Henry D. Sokolski. Space and Missile Wars: What Awaits. Arlington: Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, 2021. iii + 277 pp. $7.01 (paper), ISBN 978-1-73711-130-6

Reviewed by Brian D. Green (Space Training and Readiness Command) Published on H-War (March, 2023) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author: 
Kristine Bruland, Anne Gerritsen, Pat Hudson, Giorgio Riello, eds.
Reviewer: 
Alka Raman

Raman on Bruland and Gerritsen and Hudson and Riello, 'Reinventing the Economic History of Industrialisation'

Kristine Bruland, Anne Gerritsen, Pat Hudson, Giorgio Riello, eds. Reinventing the Economic History of Industrialisation. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. Illustrations, tables. 344 pp. $140.00 CAD (cloth), ISBN 978-0-228-00090-7; $40.95 CAD (paper), ISBN 978-0-228-00091-4.

Reviewed by Alka Raman (London School of Economics and Political Science) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (March, 2023) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

Author: 
Kathryn Meyer McAllister Olivarius
Reviewer: 
Robert Colby

Colby on Olivarius, 'Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom'

Kathryn Meyer McAllister Olivarius. Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022. 336 pp. $27.87 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-24105-3

Author: 
Atalia Shragai
Reviewer: 
Pete Soland

Soland on Shragai, 'Cold War Paradise: Settlement, Culture, and Identity-Making among U.S. Americans in Costa Rica, 1945–1980'

Atalia Shragai. Cold War Paradise: Settlement, Culture, and Identity-Making among U.S. Americans in Costa Rica, 1945–1980. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. xvii + 316 pp. $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-2030-1; $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4962-3079-9

Author: 
Eliyana R. Adler
Reviewer: 
Joanna Sliwa

Sliwa on Adler, 'Survival on the Margins: Polish Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Union'

Eliyana R. Adler. Survival on the Margins: Polish Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Union. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020. Illustrations, maps, table. x + 433 pp. $51.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-98802-6.

Reviewed by Joanna Sliwa (Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference)) Published on H-Poland (March, 2023) Commissioned by Anna Muller (University of Michigan - Dearborn)

Author: 
Andrew M. Wehrman
Reviewer: 
Vaughn Scribner

Scribner on Wehrman, 'The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution'

Andrew M. Wehrman. The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022. 416 pp. $32.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4214-4466-6

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