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Author:

Richard Grove

Reviewer:

Jane Carruthers

Carruthers on Grove, 'Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860 (Studies in Environment and History)'

Richard Grove. Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860 (Studies in Environment and History). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xiv + 540 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-40385-6; $45.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-521-56513-4.

Reviewed by Jane Carruthers (Department of History, University of South Africa) Published on H-Africa (February, 1996)

Author:

JÖ¼rgen Zarusky

Reviewer:

David Barclay

Barclay on Zarusky, 'Die deutschen Sozialdemokraten und das sowjetische Modell: Ideologische Auseinandersetzung und auÖŸenpolitische Konzeptionen, 1917-1933'

JÖ¼rgen Zarusky. Die deutschen Sozialdemokraten und das sowjetische Modell: Ideologische Auseinandersetzung und auÖŸenpolitische Konzeptionen, 1917-1933. Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1992. 328 pp. DM 68,00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-486-55928-6.

Reviewed by David Barclay (Kalamazoo College) Published on H-German (February, 1996)

Author:

Niall Ferguson

Reviewer:

J. Ronald Shearer

Shearer on Ferguson, 'Paper & Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927'

Niall Ferguson. Paper & Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xiv + 539 pp. $69.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-47016-2.

Reviewed by J. Ronald Shearer (Texas Christian University) Published on H-German (February, 1996)

Author:

Regina Schulte

Reviewer:

Dolores L. Augustine

Augustine on Schulte, 'The Village in Court: Arson, Infanticide, and Poaching in the Court Records of Upper Bavaria, 1848-1910'

Regina Schulte. The Village in Court: Arson, Infanticide, and Poaching in the Court Records of Upper Bavaria, 1848-1910. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. vii + 199 pp. $74.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-43186-6.

Reviewed by Dolores L. Augustine (Department of History, St. John's University [Queens]) Published on H-German (February, 1996)

Author:

Stefan Zauner

Reviewer:

Bertram M. Gordon

Gordon on Zauner, 'Erziehung und Kulturmission: Frankreichs Bildungs-Politik in Deutschland, 1945-1949'

Stefan Zauner. Erziehung und Kulturmission: Frankreichs Bildungs-Politik in Deutschland, 1945-1949. Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1994. 351 pp. DM 78.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-486-56056-5.

Reviewed by Bertram M. Gordon (Mills College) Published on H-German (February, 1996)

Author:

Karl Dietrich Bracher

Reviewer:

C. Edmund Clingan

Clingan on Bracher, 'Turning Points in Modern Times: Essays on German and European History'

Karl Dietrich Bracher. Turning Points in Modern Times: Essays on German and European History. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995. xiv + 338 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-91353-0; $34.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-674-91354-7.

Reviewed by C. Edmund Clingan (Queensborough Community College, City University of New York) Published on H-German (February, 1996)

Author:

Joel F. Harrington

Reviewer:

Joseph F. Patrouch

Patrouch on Harrington, 'Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany'

Joel F. Harrington. Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xv + 315 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-46483-3.

Reviewed by Joseph F. Patrouch (Department of History, Florida International University) Published on H-German (February, 1996)

Author:

Margaret Randall

Reviewer:

Dennis Kortheuer

Kortheuer on Randall, 'Sandino's Daughters Revisited: Feminism in Nicaragua'

Margaret Randall. Sandino's Daughters Revisited: Feminism in Nicaragua. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1994. xvi + 311 pp. $59.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8135-2024-7; $21.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8135-2025-4.

Reviewed by Dennis Kortheuer (University of California, Irvine ) Published on H-LatAm (February, 1996)

Author:

John Charles Chasteen

Reviewer:

Hans Vogel

Vogel on Chasteen, 'Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos (Dialogos)'

John Charles Chasteen. Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos (Dialogos). Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995. x + 241 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8263-1597-7; $23.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8263-1598-4.

Reviewed by Hans Vogel (Leiden University) Published on H-LatAm (January, 1996)

Author:

O. Kendall White, Daryl White

Reviewer:

Harold Hatt

Hatt on White and White, 'Religion in the Contemporary South: Diversity, Community, and Identity (Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings)'

O. Kendall White, Daryl White. Religion in the Contemporary South: Diversity, Community, and Identity (Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings). Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1995. ix + 172 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8203-1675-8; $20.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8203-1676-5.

Reviewed by Harold Hatt (Phillips Theological Seminary, Enid, Oklahoma) Published on H-South (January, 1996)

Author:

James G. Hollandsworth

Reviewer:

Gregory J. W. Urwin

Urwin on Hollandsworth, 'The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience during the Civil War'

James G. Hollandsworth. The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience during the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. xvi + 140 pp. $24.95, ISBN 978-0-8071-1939-6.

Reviewed by Gregory J. W. Urwin (Department of History, University of Central Arkansas) Published on H-CivWar (January, 1996)

Author:

Peter S. Carmichael

Reviewer:

Joseph R. Fischer

Fischer on Carmichael, 'Lee's Young Artillerist: William R. J. Peagram'

Peter S. Carmichael. Lee's Young Artillerist: William R. J. Peagram. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995. 209 pp. $29.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8139-1611-8.

Reviewed by Joseph R. Fischer (United States Army Special Operations Command History and Archives, Ft. Bragg, NC) Published on H-CivWar (January, 1996)

Author:

Stephen V. Ash

Reviewer:

Daniel E. Sutherland

Sutherland on Ash, 'When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865'

Stephen V. Ash. When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. xi + 309 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2223-4.

Reviewed by Daniel E. Sutherland (Department of History, University of Arkansas) Published on H-CivWar (January, 1996)

Author:

Michael Fellman

Reviewer:

Mark Grimsley

Grimsley on Fellman, 'Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman'

Michael Fellman. Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman. New York: Random House, 1995. xiv + 486 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-679-42966-1.

Reviewed by Mark Grimsley (The Ohio State University ) Published on H-CivWar (January, 1996)

Author:

Anne Cipriano Venzon, ed.

Reviewer:

L. Martin Kaplan

Kaplan on Venzon, 'The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia'

Anne Cipriano Venzon, ed. The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995. xii + 830 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8240-7055-7.

Reviewed by L. Martin Kaplan (Historian, U.S. Army Center of Military History) Published on H-War (January, 1996)

Humanities and Social Sciences Online

Carruthers on Grove, 'Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860 (Studies in Environment and History)'

Barclay on Zarusky, 'Die deutschen Sozialdemokraten und das sowjetische Modell: Ideologische Auseinandersetzung und auÖŸenpolitische Konzeptionen, 1917-1933'

Shearer on Ferguson, 'Paper & Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927'

Augustine on Schulte, 'The Village in Court: Arson, Infanticide, and Poaching in the Court Records of Upper Bavaria, 1848-1910'

Gordon on Zauner, 'Erziehung und Kulturmission: Frankreichs Bildungs-Politik in Deutschland, 1945-1949'

Clingan on Bracher, 'Turning Points in Modern Times: Essays on German and European History'

Patrouch on Harrington, 'Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany'

Kortheuer on Randall, 'Sandino's Daughters Revisited: Feminism in Nicaragua'

Vogel on Chasteen, 'Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos (Dialogos)'

Hatt on White and White, 'Religion in the Contemporary South: Diversity, Community, and Identity (Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings)'

Urwin on Hollandsworth, 'The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience during the Civil War'

Fischer on Carmichael, 'Lee's Young Artillerist: William R. J. Peagram'

Sutherland on Ash, 'When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865'

Grimsley on Fellman, 'Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman'

Kaplan on Venzon, 'The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia'

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