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Author:

Dillon J. Carroll

Reviewer:

Donald Hickey

Hickey on Carroll, 'Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers'

Dillon J. Carroll. Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers. Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021. 342 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-6966-7.

Reviewed by Donald Hickey (University of California at Santa Cruz) Published on H-CivWar (February, 2023) Commissioned by G. David Schieffler (Crowder College)

Author:

Gary S. Berger, Michael DiRuggiero

Reviewer:

Galina Weinstein

Weinstein on Berger and DiRuggiero, 'Einstein: The Man and His Mind'

Gary S. Berger, Michael DiRuggiero. Einstein: The Man and His Mind. Bologna: Damiani, 2022. Illustrations. 209 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-88-6208-784-1.

Author:

Kathleen P. Hunt, Gregg B. Walker, Stephen P. Depoe, eds.

Reviewer:

Dylan Harris

Harris on Hunt and Walker and Depoe, 'Breaking Boundaries: Innovative Practices in Environmental Communication and Public Participation'

Kathleen P. Hunt, Gregg B. Walker, Stephen P. Depoe, eds. Breaking Boundaries: Innovative Practices in Environmental Communication and Public Participation. SUNY Series in Environmental Governance: Local-Regional-Global Interactions. Albany: SUNY Press, 2019. Illustrations. 320 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-7705-3.

Author:

Katherine D. Moran

Reviewer:

Benjamin J. Wetzel

Wetzel on Moran, 'The Imperial Church: Catholic Founding Fathers and United States Empire'

Katherine D. Moran. The Imperial Church: Catholic Founding Fathers and United States Empire. The United States in the World. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2020. xiv + 311 pp. $48.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-4881-3.

Author:

Emily C. Bruce

Reviewer:

Alexandria Ruble

Ruble on Bruce, 'Revolutions at Home: The Origin of Modern Childhood and the German Middle Class'

Emily C. Bruce. Revolutions at Home: The Origin of Modern Childhood and the German Middle Class. Childhoods: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Children and Youth Series. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2021. Illustrations. 224 pp.

Author:

Elizabeth Blackstock, Alanis King

Reviewer:

Mark D. Howell

Howell on Blackstock and King, 'Racing with Rich Energy: How a Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One for a Ride'

Elizabeth Blackstock, Alanis King. Racing with Rich Energy: How a Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One for a Ride. Jefferson: McFarland, 2022. viii + 284 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4766-8880-0.

Author:

Carla Cevasco

Reviewer:

Anthony Trujillo

Trujillo on Cevasco, 'Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast'

Carla Cevasco. Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022. xii + 241 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-25134-0.

Reviewed by Anthony Trujillo (Harvard University) Published on H-Early-America (February, 2023) Commissioned by Patrick Luck (Florida Polytechnic University)

Author:

Mary Harvey Doyno

Reviewer:

James Palmer

Palmer on Doyno, 'The Lay Saint: Charity and Charismatic Authority in Medieval Italy, 1150–1350'

Mary Harvey Doyno. The Lay Saint: Charity and Charismatic Authority in Medieval Italy, 1150–1350. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2019. 330 pp. $58.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-4020-6.

Reviewed by James Palmer (Florida State University) Published on H-Italy (February, 2023) Commissioned by Peter Sposato (Indiana University Kokomo)

Author:

Gary Bohan

Reviewer:

Samantha Muka

Muka on Bohan, 'Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business'

Gary Bohan. Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business. Excelsior Editions. Albany: Excelsior Editions, 2022. 316 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4384-8712-0.

Author:

Malcom Gaskill

Reviewer:

Paul Moyer

Moyer on Gaskill, 'The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World'

Malcom Gaskill. The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World. London: Allen Lane (Penguin), 2021. 336 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-593-31657-3.

Reviewed by Paul Moyer (SUNY Brockport) Published on H-Albion (February, 2023) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)

Author:

Susan R. Grayzel

Reviewer:

James J. Esposito

Esposito on Grayzel, 'The Age of the Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced the Terror of Total War'

Susan R. Grayzel. The Age of the Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced the Terror of Total War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 288 pp. $34.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-49127-3; $34.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-108-81180-4.

Author:

Max Liboiron, Josh Lepawsky

Reviewer:

Ramya Swayamprakash

Swayamprakash on Liboiron and Lepawsky, 'Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power'

Max Liboiron, Josh Lepawsky. Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2022. 224 pp. $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-262-54365-1.

Reviewed by Ramya Swayamprakash (Grand Valley State University) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author:

Erik R. Seeman

Reviewer:

Mairin Odle

Odle on Seeman, 'Speaking with the Dead in Early America'

Erik R. Seeman. Speaking with the Dead in Early America. Early American Studies. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022. 344 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8122-2518-1.

Author:

Laurien Crump, Susanna Erlandsson, eds.

Reviewer:

Felicitas Hartung

Hartung on Crump and Erlandsson, 'Margins for Manoeuvre in Cold War Europe: The Influence of Smaller Powers'

Laurien Crump, Susanna Erlandsson, eds. Margins for Manoeuvre in Cold War Europe: The Influence of Smaller Powers. Routledge Studies in Modern European History Series. London: Routledge, 2019. xiii + 250 pp. $170.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-138-38837-6.

Reviewed by Felicitas Hartung (University of California, San Diego) Published on H-War (February, 2023) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Author:

Hugh R. Slotten

Reviewer:

Aaron Bateman

Bateman on Slotten, 'Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race: The Origins of Global Satellite Communications'

Hugh R. Slotten. Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race: The Origins of Global Satellite Communications. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022. Illustrations. 256 pp. $55.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4214-4123-8; $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4214-4122-1.

Reviewed by Aaron Bateman (George Washington University) Published on H-War (February, 2023) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Humanities and Social Sciences Online

Hickey on Carroll, 'Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers'

Weinstein on Berger and DiRuggiero, 'Einstein: The Man and His Mind'

Harris on Hunt and Walker and Depoe, 'Breaking Boundaries: Innovative Practices in Environmental Communication and Public Participation'

Wetzel on Moran, 'The Imperial Church: Catholic Founding Fathers and United States Empire'

Ruble on Bruce, 'Revolutions at Home: The Origin of Modern Childhood and the German Middle Class'

Howell on Blackstock and King, 'Racing with Rich Energy: How a Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One for a Ride'

Trujillo on Cevasco, 'Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast'

Palmer on Doyno, 'The Lay Saint: Charity and Charismatic Authority in Medieval Italy, 1150–1350'

Muka on Bohan, 'Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business'

Moyer on Gaskill, 'The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World'

Esposito on Grayzel, 'The Age of the Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced the Terror of Total War'

Swayamprakash on Liboiron and Lepawsky, 'Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power'

Odle on Seeman, 'Speaking with the Dead in Early America'

Hartung on Crump and Erlandsson, 'Margins for Manoeuvre in Cold War Europe: The Influence of Smaller Powers'

Bateman on Slotten, 'Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race: The Origins of Global Satellite Communications'

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