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Review published on Friday, February 15, 2019
Author: 
Jessica L. Delgado
Reviewer: 
Karen Graubart

Graubart on Delgado, 'Laywomen and the Making of Colonial Catholicism in New Spain, 1630-1790'

Jessica L. Delgado. Laywomen and the Making of Colonial Catholicism in New Spain, 1630-1790. Cambridge Latin American Studies Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. xiii + 278 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-19940-8.

Reviewed by Karen Graubart (University of Notre Dame) Published on H-LatAm (February, 2019) Commissioned by Casey M. Lurtz (Johns Hopkins University)

Review published on Thursday, February 14, 2019
Author: 
Allan Greer
Reviewer: 
Steven Peach

Peach on Greer, 'Property and Dispossession: Natives, Empires and Land in Early Modern North America'

Allan Greer. Property and Dispossession: Natives, Empires and Land in Early Modern North America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 464 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-16064-4; $29.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-316-61369-6.

Reviewed by Steven Peach (Tarleton State University) Published on H-AmIndian (February, 2019) Commissioned by F. Evan Nooe (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)

Review published on Thursday, February 14, 2019
Author: 
Dan Plesch
Reviewer: 
Amy Carney

Carney on Plesch, 'Human Rights after Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes'

Dan Plesch. Human Rights after Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2017. 272 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-62616-431-4.

Reviewed by Amy Carney (Penn State Behrend ) Published on H-War (February, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air War College)

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Review published on Thursday, February 14, 2019
Author: 
Roberta Senechal de la Roche, ed.
Reviewer: 
Evan C. Rothera

Rothera on Senechal de la Roche, '"Our Aim Was Man": Andrew's Sharpshooters in the American Civil War'

Roberta Senechal de la Roche, ed. "Our Aim Was Man": Andrew's Sharpshooters in the American Civil War. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2016. 320 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-62534-248-5.

Reviewed by Evan C. Rothera (Sam Houston State University) Published on H-War (February, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air War College)

Review published on Thursday, February 14, 2019
Author: 
Matthew Kroenig
Reviewer: 
Cory Hollon

Hollon on Kroenig, 'The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy: Why Strategic Superiority Matters'

Matthew Kroenig. The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy: Why Strategic Superiority Matters. Bridging the Gap Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 280 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-084918-4.

Reviewed by Cory Hollon (Air University, Air War College) Published on H-War (February, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air War College)

Review published on Thursday, February 14, 2019
Author: 
Michael Boulter
Reviewer: 
Yin Chung Au

Au on Boulter, 'Bloomsbury Scientists: Science and Art in the Wake of Darwin'

Michael Boulter. Bloomsbury Scientists: Science and Art in the Wake of Darwin. London: UCL Press, 2018. 198 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-78735-005-2; $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78735-006-9.

Reviewed by Yin Chung Au (National Cheng Kung University) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (February, 2019) Commissioned by Dominic J. Berry (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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Calls for Review Editors

Discussion published by Yelena Kalinsky on Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Call for Review Editors and Reviewers in Russian, Eurasian, or Soviet History / Studies

The editors of H-Russia invite applications to join the H-Russia editorial board as review editors under the umbrella of H-Net Reviews.

H-Net Reviews has been publishing online scholarly reviews since 1993, taking advantage of the speed and flexibility of the online format while maintaining the highest scholarly standards, with over 44,000 reviews in the archive to date.

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Calls for Reviewers

Discussion published by Yelena Kalinsky on Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Call for Review Editors and Reviewers in Russian, Eurasian, or Soviet History / Studies

The editors of H-Russia invite applications to join the H-Russia editorial board as review editors under the umbrella of H-Net Reviews.

H-Net Reviews has been publishing online scholarly reviews since 1993, taking advantage of the speed and flexibility of the online format while maintaining the highest scholarly standards, with over 44,000 reviews in the archive to date.

Discussion published by Yelena Kalinsky on Friday, September 7, 2018

Call for Review Editors to Join H-Italy Reviews Team

Dear H-Italy Subscribers,

To follow on David Prior's call for network editors, I would like to invite interested subscribers to join H-Italy's reviews team.

H-Italy has been publishing reviews of books in Italian history and culture under the umbrella of H-Net Reviews since 1994. Review editors covering the areas of Medieval/Byzantine, Renaissance, and Early Modern Italy recently stepped down, and qualified candidates are invited to apply.

Discussion published by Katja Vehlow on Saturday, September 1, 2018

Seeking book reviewers for H-Judaic

Are you interested in reviewing books? Book reviews at  H-Judaic reach our 4,000 members, and are permanently archived at H-Net. They are usually 1,000 words long, and should be completed within 3-6 months. Reviewers must have a Ph.D. (or comparable degree) or be advanced graduate students. If you would like to be added to our list of reviewers, please fill out this form. We look forward to hearing from you! 

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