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Chen, Huaiyu. In the Land of Tigers and Snakes: Living with Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions. The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. New York: Columbia University Press, 2023. 271 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780231202619.
Guldi, Jo. The Dangerous Art of Text Mining: A Methodology for Digital History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. xxx + 465 pp. $34.99 (paper), ISBN 9781009262996.$105.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781009262989.
Reviewed by
Spencer Dean Stewart (Purdue University)
Published on
H-History-and-Theory (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Andrew J. Kettler (University of South Carolina)
Marshall, Tim. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything about the World. Politics of Place Series. New York: Scribner, 2015. Illustrations. 305 pp. $18.00 (paper), ISBN 9781501121470.$29.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781501121463.
Reviewed by
Lydia Towns (Society for the History of Discoveries)
Published on
H-Caribbean (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Aaron Coy Moulton (Stephen F. Austin State University)
King, Richard J.. Ocean Bestiary: Meeting Marine Life from Abalone to Orca to Zooplankton. Oceans in Depth Series. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. Illustrations. 320 pp. $22.50 (cloth), ISBN 9780226818030.$21.99 (e-book), ISBN 9780226825809.
Reviewed by
Joe Riley (University of California, Los Angeles)
Published on
H-Environment (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
Cohen, Aaron J.. War Monuments, Public Patriotism, and Bereavement in Russia, 1905-2015. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020. Illustrations, tables. 249 pp. $117.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781498577472.$39.50 (e-book), ISBN 9781498577489.
Reviewed by
Mark Episkopos (American University)
Published on
H-War (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Clutario, Genevieve Alva. Beauty Regimes: A History of Power and Modern Empire in the Philippines, 1898–1941. Durham: Duke University Press, 2023. 352 pp. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 9781478019640.$104.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781478017004.
Beilein Jr., Joseph M., and Matthew C. Hulbert, eds.. The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding the Black Flag in History, Memory, and Myth. New Directions in Southern History Series. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2015. 258 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780813165325.
Reviewed by
Nathan Merling (Air University, Air Command and Staff College)
Published on
H-War (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Margaret Sankey (Air University)
Praznik, Katja. Art Work: Invisible Labour and the Legacy of Yugoslav Socialism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021. Illustrations. x + 217 pp. $79.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781487508418.
Reviewed by
Andrija Filipovic (Singidunum University, Belgrade)
Published on
H-Socialisms (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Philipp Reick (TU Berlin, Center for Metropolitan Studies)
Lamarque, Hugh; Nugent, Paul, eds.. Transport Corridors in Africa. Martlesham: James Currey, 2022. 342 pp. $38.95 (paper), ISBN 9781847012944.
Reviewed by
Frimpong Nana Asamoah (University of Miami)
Published on
H-Sci-Med-Tech (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
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Cook, Margaret. A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods. Updated edition. St. Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press, 2023. Illustrations, maps. 288 pp. $26.99 (paper), ISBN 9780702266065.
Reviewed by
Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted (Eastern Washington University)
Published on
H-Water (March, 2024)
Commissioned by
Yan Gao ()