Wells, Rob. The Insider: How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street. Journalism and Democracy Series. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2022. ix + 241 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781625347046.$32.95 (paper), ISBN 9781625347039.
Hallinan, Victoria. The Moiseyev Dance Company Tours America: "Wholesome" Comfort during the Cold War. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2023. xii + 235 pp. $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781625347510.$32.95 (paper), ISBN 9781625347527.
Reviewed by
Tara Wheelwright (Brown University)
Published on
H-SHERA (February, 2024)
Commissioned by
Hanna Chuchvaha (University of Calgary)
Patterson, David. Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust: Making the Connections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 294 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 9781009100038.
Reviewed by
Steven L. Jacobs (University of Alabama)
Published on
H-Antisemitism (February, 2024)
Commissioned by
Simon Gansinger (University of Warwick)
Brown, Matthew H.. Indirect Subjects: Nollywood's Local Address. Durham: Duke University Press, 2021. ix + 316 pp. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 9781478014195.
Reviewed by
Matthew S. Johnson (Independent Scholar)
Published on
Jhistory (November, 2023)
Commissioned by
Zef Segal (Department of History, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies, the Open University of Israel)
Shepperd, Josh. Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting. The History of Media and Communication. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2023. xi + 223 pp. $28.00 (paper), ISBN 9780252087257.
Bottomley, Andrew J.. Sound Streams: A Cultural History of Radio-Internet Convergence. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020. xi + 325 pp. $49.95 (e-book), ISBN 9780472126774.$90.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780472074495.$49.95 (paper), ISBN 9780472054497.
Reviewed by
Anya Luscombe (University College Roosevelt)
Published on
Jhistory (September, 2023)
Commissioned by
Zef Segal (Department of History, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies, the Open University of Israel)
Alvarez, Luis. Chicanx Utopias: Pop Culture and the Politics of the Possible. Historia USA Series. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2022. 256 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781477324479.$29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781477324486.
West, E. James. A House for the Struggle. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2022. 296 pp. $110.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780252044328.$24.95 (paper), ISBN 9780252086397.
Reviewed by
Ida E. Jones (Morgan State University)
Published on
Jhistory (September, 2023)
Commissioned by
Zef Segal (Department of History, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies, the Open University of Israel)
Orgill, Nathan. Rumors of the Great War: The British Press and Anglo-German Relations during the July Crisis. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020. 282 pp. $41.99 (e-book), ISBN 9781498559737.
Reviewed by
Brian de Ruiter (Brock University)
Published on
Jhistory (August, 2023)
Commissioned by
Zef Segal (Department of History, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies, the Open University of Israel)
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