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Review published on Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Author: 
Tessa Murphy
Reviewer: 
Jack Bouchard

Bouchard on Murphy, 'The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean'

Tessa Murphy. The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean. Early American Studies Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021. Illustrations, tables, maps. 320 pp. $45.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-8122-9997-7; $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-5338-2.

Reviewed by Jack Bouchard (Rutgers University) Published on H-Early-America (June, 2022) Commissioned by Patrick Luck (Florida Polytechnic University)

Review published on Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Author: 
Jon Bialecki
Reviewer: 
Lisa Vox

Vox on Bialecki, 'Machines for Making Gods: Mormonism, Transhumanism, and Worlds without End'

Jon Bialecki. Machines for Making Gods: Mormonism, Transhumanism, and Worlds without End. New York: Fordham University Press, 2022. 368 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8232-9935-5; $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8232-9936-2. 

Review published on Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Author: 
John Parker
Reviewer: 
Paul G. Grant

Grant on Parker, 'In My Time of Dying: A History of Death and the Dead in West Africa'

John Parker. In My Time of Dying: A History of Death and the Dead in West Africa. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. Illustrations, maps. 416 pp. $35.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-691-21490-0; $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-19315-1.

Reviewed by Paul G. Grant (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Published on H-Africa (June, 2022) Commissioned by David D. Hurlbut (Independent Scholar)

Review published on Monday, June 27, 2022
Author: 
Christina Ramos
Reviewer: 
Rebekka Michaelsen

Michaelsen on Ramos, 'Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment'

Christina Ramos. Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. xiv + 250 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-6656-3; $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4696-6657-0. 

Review published on Sunday, June 26, 2022
Author: 
Alun Withey
Reviewer: 
Sharrona Pearl

Pearl on Withey, 'Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England 1650-1900'

Alun Withey. Concerning Beards: Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England 1650-1900. Facialities: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Human Face Series. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. Illustrations. 344 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-350-12784-5.

Reviewed by Sharrona Pearl (Drexel University) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (June, 2022) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

Review published on Sunday, June 26, 2022
Author: 
Andrew G. Bonnell
Reviewer: 
Michiel Rys

Rys on Bonnell, 'Red Banners, Books and Beer Mugs: The Mental World of German Social Democrats, 1863–1914 (Historical Materialism)'

Andrew G. Bonnell. Red Banners, Books and Beer Mugs: The Mental World of German Social Democrats, 1863–1914 (Historical Materialism). Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2021. 233 pp. $28.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-64259-600-7. 

 

Calls for Review Editors

Discussion published by R 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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Calls for Reviewers

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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