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Review published on Sunday, June 4, 2023
Author: 
Alastair Gornall
Reviewer: 
Anne Blackburn

Blackburn on Alastair Gornall, 'Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform, 1157-1270'

Alastair Gornall. Rewriting Buddhism: Pali Literature and Monastic Reform, 1157-1270. London: UCL Press, 2020. Illustrations, maps, tables. 284 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-01-329541-6.

Reviewed by Anne Blackburn (Cornell University) Published on H-Buddhism (June, 2023) Commissioned by Thomas Borchert (University of Vermont)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=59232

Review published on Friday, June 2, 2023
Author: 
Andrew F. Smith
Reviewer: 
Allan Stoekl

Stoekl on Smith, 'The Threefold Struggle: Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn'

Andrew F. Smith. The Threefold Struggle: Pursuing Ecological, Social, and Personal Wellbeing in the Spirit of Daniel Quinn. Suny in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2022. xiii + 379 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-8871-4. 

Review published on Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Author: 
Kirsten Silva Gruesz
Reviewer: 
Richard Bailey

Bailey on Gruesz, 'Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas'

Kirsten Silva Gruesz. Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022. 326 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-97175-2. 

Review published on Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Author: 
Wayne Lee
Reviewer: 
Angelle Khachadoorian

Khachadoorian on Lee, 'Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History'

Wayne Lee. Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History. Oxford University Press, 2015. 538 pp. $89.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-19-979745-5.

Reviewed by Angelle Khachadoorian (Air University Air Force Culture and Language Center) Published on H-War (May, 2023) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=45833

Review published on Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Author: 
Matthew Taylor
Reviewer: 
James Ivey

Ivey on Taylor, 'Sport and the Home Front: Wartime Britain at Play, 1939-45'

Matthew Taylor. Sport and the Home Front: Wartime Britain at Play, 1939-45. Routledge Studies in Modern British History Series. London: Routledge, 2020. Tables. xiii + 334 pp. $170.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-367-22925-2; $49.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-367-22924-5.

Reviewed by James Ivey (University of California San Diego) Published on H-War (May, 2023) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

Review published on Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Author: 
Phil M. Haun, Colin Jackson, Timothy Paul Schultz, eds.
Reviewer: 
Bryant Macfarlane

Macfarlane on Haun and Jackson and Schultz, 'Air Power in the Age of Primacy: Air Warfare since the Cold War'

Phil M. Haun, Colin Jackson, Timothy Paul Schultz, eds. Air Power in the Age of Primacy: Air Warfare since the Cold War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 336 pp. $34.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-108-98475-1.

Reviewed by Bryant Macfarlane (Kansas State University) Published on H-War (May, 2023) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

 

Calls for Review Editors

Discussion published by Réa de Matas on Thursday, July 16, 2020

H-Food-Studies: Call for Review Editor

H-Food-Studies are interested in recruiting a review editors, for the purpose of commissioning and editing reviews of books and other scholarly materials through H-Net's formal system managed by our parent non-profit. Review editors play a very important role and function in our network and will work within our team of lead and network editors to develop a stragey for the kind of reviews that is appropriate for subscribers and the network.

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Discussion published by Hanna Chuchvaha on Thursday, February 27, 2020

H-SHERA Reviews

H-SHERA Reviews is recruiting new reviewers. It is a great way to promote the work of your colleagues and make a contribution to H-SHERA. Writing a book review for H-Net/H-SHERA is similar to writing a review for any academic paper periodical. The reviewer receives a hard copy of the book or an electronic copy (if she/he prefers and if it is available).

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