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Review published on Sunday, June 23, 2019
Author: 
Mark Rice
Reviewer: 
Blake C. Scott

Scott on Rice, 'Making Machu Picchu: The Politics of Tourism in Twentieth-Century Peru'

Mark Rice. Making Machu Picchu: The Politics of Tourism in Twentieth-Century Peru. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018. 252 pp. $22.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4696-4354-0; $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4696-4353-3; $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-4352-6.

Reviewed by Blake C. Scott (College of Charleston) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2019) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Review published on Saturday, June 22, 2019
Author: 
Kaveh Yazdani
Reviewer: 
Monish Borah

Borah on Yazdani, 'India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th C.)'

Kaveh Yazdani. India, Modernity and the Great Divergence: Mysore and Gujarat (17th to 19th C.). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2017. xxxii + 669 pp. $246.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-33079-5.

Reviewed by Monish Borah (University of California- Irvine) Published on H-Asia (June, 2019) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)

Review published on Saturday, June 22, 2019
Author: 
Radhika Viyas Mongia
Reviewer: 
Debjani Bhattacharyya

Bhattacharyya on Mongia, 'Indian Migration and Empire: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State'

Radhika Viyas Mongia. Indian Migration and Empire: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State. Durham: Duke University Press Books, 2018. 248 pp. $94.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8223-7039-0; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8223-7102-1.

Reviewed by Debjani Bhattacharyya (Drexel University) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2019) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Review published on Friday, June 21, 2019
Author: 
Jeanne E. Abrams
Reviewer: 
Joanne S. Grasso

Grasso on Abrams, 'First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role'

Jeanne E. Abrams. First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role. New York: New York University Press, 2018. 328 pp. $28.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4798-8653-1.

Reviewed by Joanne S. Grasso (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Early-America (June, 2019) Commissioned by Joshua J. Jeffers (California State University-Dominguez Hills)

Review published on Thursday, June 20, 2019
Author: 
Glenn Kumhera
Reviewer: 
Katherine L. Jansen

Jansen on Kumhera, 'The Benefits of Peace: Private Peacemaking in Late Medieval Italy'

Glenn Kumhera. The Benefits of Peace: Private Peacemaking in Late Medieval Italy. Medieval Mediterranean Series. Leiden: Brill, 2017. 324 pp. $137.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-90-04-34111-1; $137.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-90-04-34110-4.

Reviewed by Katherine L. Jansen (Catholic University of America) Published on H-Italy (June, 2019) Commissioned by Peter Sposato (Indiana University Kokomo)

Review published on Thursday, June 20, 2019
Author: 
Lizzie Oliver
Reviewer: 
Rong (Aries) Li

Li on Oliver, 'Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway: Narratives of History and Memory'

Lizzie Oliver. Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway: Narratives of History and Memory. War, Culture and Society Series. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Illustrations. 192 pp. $102.60 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-350-02414-4; $114.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-350-02412-0.

Reviewed by Rong (Aries) Li (Rutgers University) Published on H-War (June, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air University)

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Calls for Review Editors

Discussion published by Donna Sinclair on Friday, February 1, 2019

Call for H-USA Editors and H-USA Book Review Editors

Dear H-USA Members,

We here at H-USA are excited to share some wonderful professional opportunities with interested scholars. 
H-USA is looking for network editors and book review editors to help shape the future of H-USA. 
If you are interested, please send a copy of a short cv and statement of interest to: editorial-usa@mail.h-net.msu.edu

Very best wishes,
Donna Sinclair
editor, H-USA
book reviews editor, H-USA

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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.

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