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Kaminska, Barbara A.. Images of Miraculous Healing in the Early Modern Netherlands. : Brill, 2021. Illustrations. xvi + 268 pp. $167.00 (cloth), ISBN 9789004420564. Reviewed by Rosamund Oates (Metropolitan Manchester University) Published on H-Disability (October, 2025) Commissioned by Iain C. Hutchison (University of Glasgow)

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Oates on Kaminska, Barbara A.: _Images of Miraculous Healing in the Early Modern Netherlands_. Brill, 2021. Published by H-Disability.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128332

10.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Herzog, Dagmar. The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century. : Princeton University Press, 2024. 312 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780691261706. Reviewed by Evan Sullivan (SUNY Adirondack) Published on H-Disability (October, 2025) Commissioned by Iain C. Hutchison (University of Glasgow) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61594

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Sullivan on Herzog, Dagmar: _Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century, The_. Princeton University Press, 2024. Published by H-Disability.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128330

10.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kehnel, Annette. The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability. : Brandeis University Press, 2024. 352 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9781684582433. Reviewed by Patrick Meehan (Dartmouth College) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61829

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Meehan on Kehnel, Annette: _Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability, The_. Brandeis University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128323

10.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Huebner, Stefan; Hee, Nadin; Miller, Ian Jared; Tsutsui, William M., eds.. Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History. : University of Hawaii, 2024. 420 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780824897680. Reviewed by Jack Bouchard (Rutgers University - New Brunswick) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Bouchard on Huebner, Stefan; Hee, Nadin; Miller, Ian Jared; Tsutsui, William M., eds.: _Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History_. University of Hawaii, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128255

09.10.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picone, María de los Ángeles. Landscaping Patagonia: Spatial History and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina. : University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 328 pp. $32.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469686141. Reviewed by Magdalena Gil (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Gil on Picone, María de los Ángeles: _Landscaping Patagonia: Spatial History and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128159

08.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Barrett, Matthew; Engen, Robert C.. Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. viii + 337 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780228010579. Reviewed by James Lautens (University of Toronto) Published on H-War (October, 2025) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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Lautens on Barrett, Matthew; Engen, Robert C.: _Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada's First World War_. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128059

07.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Setzekorn, Eric. Arming East Asia: Deterring China in the Early Cold War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2023. ix + 306 pp. $31.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781682478516. Reviewed by Nathaniel Weber (South Texas College) Published on H-War (October, 2025) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=60695

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Weber on Setzekorn, Eric: _Arming East Asia: Deterring China in the Early Cold War_. Naval Institute Press, 2023. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128058

07.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Pirro on Whalen, Robert Weldon: _Casablanca's Conscience_. Fordham University Press, 2024. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128057

07.10.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ding, Xiangli. Hydropower Nation: Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China. : Cambridge University Press, 2024. 285 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781009426565. Reviewed by Vanessa Koh (Brown University) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Koh on Ding, Xiangli: _Hydropower Nation: Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China_. Cambridge University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
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07.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tavares, André. Architecture Follows Fish: An Amphibious History of the North Atlantic. : MIT Press, 2024. 277 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780262049108. Reviewed by Katherine McNally (Yale University) Published on H-Oceans (October, 2025) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61533

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McNally on Tavares, André: _Architecture Follows Fish: An Amphibious History of the North Atlantic_. MIT Press, 2024. Published by H-Oceans.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20128043

07.10.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Lubbock, Rowan. Cultivating Socialism: Venezuela, Alba, and the Politics of Food Sovereignty. : University of Georgia Press, 2024. xiii + 218 pp. $30.95 (paper), ISBN 9780820357942. Reviewed by Danielle Chu (The New School) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Chu on Lubbock, Rowan: _Cultivating Socialism: Venezuela, Alba, and the Politics of Food Sovereignty_. University of Georgia Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127948

06.10.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pulford, Ed. Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea. : Stanford University Press, 2024. xiv + 335 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781503638181.$32.00 (paper), ISBN 9781503639027. Reviewed by Markus Bell (La Trobe University) Published on H-Diplo (October, 2025) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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Bell on Pulford, Ed: _Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea_. Stanford University Press, 2024. Published by H-Diplo.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127653

05.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mulherin, Tim. This Magnetic North: Candid Conversations on a Changing Northern Michigan. : Michigan State University Press, 2025. 288 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 9781611865363.$34.95 (pdf), ISBN 9781609177850.$34.95 (EPUB), ISBN 9781628955484. Reviewed by William C. Barnett (North Central College) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Barnett on Mulherin, Tim: _This Magnetic North: Candid Conversations on a Changing Northern Michigan_. Michigan State University Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127582

03.10.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lawson, Elizabeth. Moss and Lichen. : Reaktion Books, 2024. Illustrations. 256 pp. $27.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781789149395. Reviewed by Sharon Kingsland (Johns Hopkins University) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62063

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Kingsland on Lawson, Elizabeth: _Moss and Lichen_. Reaktion Books, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
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02.10.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Newton, Jason L.. Cutover Capitalism: The Industrialization of the Northern Forest. : West Virginia University Press, 2024. 290 pp. $29.99 (paper), ISBN 9781959000297. Reviewed by ZoΓ« Plakias (Western Washington University) Published on H-Environment (October, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Plakias on Newton, Jason L.: _Cutover Capitalism: The Industrialization of the Northern Forest_. West Virginia University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127292

01.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sullivan, Evan P.. Constructing Disability After the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era. : University of Illinois Press, 2024. 192 pp. $26.00 (paper), ISBN 9780252088247. Reviewed by Aleksandra M. Debinska (University of Silesia in Katowice / University of Alberta) Published on H-Disability (October, 2025) Commissioned by Tulika Singh (University of Alberta)

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Debinska on Sullivan, Evan P.: _Constructing Disability After the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era_. University of Illinois Press, 2024. Published by H-Disability.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127289

01.10.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zobel, John H.. Eugene Ely: Pioneer of Naval Aviation. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2023. xiv + 344 pp. $35.00 (e-book), ISBN 9781682478394. Reviewed by David Lee (Western Kentucky University) Published on H-War (September, 2025) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61281

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Lee on Zobel, John H.: _Eugene Ely: Pioneer of Naval Aviation_. Naval Institute Press, 2023. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127181

30.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Holl, Jack M.. The Religious Journey of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Duty, God, and Country. Library of Religious Biography (LRB). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. 336 pp. $29.99 (cloth), ISBN 9780802878731. Reviewed by Jason Lantzer (Butler) Published on H-War (September, 2025) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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Lantzer on Holl, Jack M.: _Religious Journey of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Duty, God, and Country, The_. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127180

30.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hammel, Eric; McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas. The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal. : Osprey Publishing, 2022. 336 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781472851079. Reviewed by Brent Lawniczak (ACSC) Published on H-War (September, 2025) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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Lawniczak on Hammel, Eric; McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas: _Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal, The_. Osprey Publishing, 2022. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127179

30.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nabhan, Gary Paul. The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country. : University of Arizona Press, 2022. xx + 148 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 9780816546893. Reviewed by AJ Baginski (University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley) Published on H-Environment (September, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Baginski on Nabhan, Gary Paul: _Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country, The_. University of Arizona Press, 2022. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127149

30.09.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kelly, Ryan P.; Klinger, Terrie; Meyer, John J.. Between the Tides in Washington and Oregon: Exploring Beaches and Tidepools. : University of Washington Press, 2022. 264 pp. Illustrations, maps. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 9780295749969. Reviewed by Derek Lee Nelson (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Oceans (September, 2025) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

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Nelson on Kelly, Ryan P.; Klinger, Terrie; Meyer, John J.: _Between the Tides in Washington and Oregon: Exploring Beaches and Tidepools_. University of Washington Press, 2022. Published by H-Oceans.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20127146

30.09.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Sullivan, LaShandra. Unsettling Agribusiness: Indigenous Protests and Land Conflict in Brazil. : University of Nebraska Press, 2023. 234 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781496208385. Reviewed by Sarita Mota (Instituto UniversitΓ‘rio de Lisboa) Published on H-Environment (September, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Mota on Sullivan, LaShandra: _Unsettling Agribusiness: Indigenous Protests and Land Conflict in Brazil_. University of Nebraska Press, 2023. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20126860

29.09.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Banerjee, Kiran; Smith, Craig Damian, eds.. Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024. 486 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 9780228020479. Reviewed by Monica Gagnon (Toronto Metropolitan University) Published on H-Diplo (September, 2025) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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Gagnon on Banerjee, Kiran; Smith, Craig Damian, eds.: _Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community_. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024. Published by H-Diplo.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20126828

28.09.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Shook, John R.; Giordano, James. Bioethics and Brains: A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics. : MIT Press, 2025. vi + 240 pp. $60.00 (paper), ISBN 9780262549998. Reviewed by Blake Hereth (Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (September, 2025) Commissioned by Kathryn D. Lankford (Arizona State University)

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Hereth on Shook, John R.; Giordano, James: _Bioethics and Brains: A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics_. MIT Press, 2025. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20126798

27.09.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bloom, Mia. Veiled Threats: Women and Global Jihad. : Cornell University Press, 2025. 228 pp. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 9781501777820. Reviewed by Nuri W. Veronika (Monash University) Published on H-Diplo (September, 2025) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62047

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Veronika on Bloom, Mia: _Veiled Threats: Women and Global Jihad_. Cornell University Press, 2025. Published by H-Diplo.
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27.09.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sottilotta, Elena Emma. Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland. : Princeton University Press, 2025. 288 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780691263847. Reviewed by Viola Ardeni (California State University, Sacramento) Published on H-Italy (September, 2025) Commissioned by Claudio Staiti (University of San Marino)

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Ardeni on Sottilotta, Elena Emma: _Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland_. Princeton University Press, 2025. Published by H-Italy.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20126781

27.09.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Peterson, David. The Unbuilt Bench: Experimental Psychology on the Verge of Science. : Columbia University Press, 2025. xi + 313 pp. $34.99 (e-book), ISBN 9780231561679.$35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780231217323. Reviewed by Vi Le (Harvard University) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (September, 2025) Commissioned by Kathryn D. Lankford (Arizona State University)

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Le on Peterson, David: _Unbuilt Bench: Experimental Psychology on the Verge of Science, The_. Columbia University Press, 2025. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20126746

26.09.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd. Lost Gardens of London. : Modern Art Press, 2024. Illustrations. 272 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781738487806. Reviewed by Caitlin N. Webster (Texas Tech University) Published on H-Environment (September, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61920

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Webster on Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd: _Lost Gardens of London_. Modern Art Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20126724

26.09.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Wong, Alice, ed.. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire. : Vintage Books, 2024. xx + 363 pp. $19.00 (paper), ISBN 9780593469736. Reviewed by Michael Rembis (University at Buffalo (SUNY)) Published on H-Disability (September, 2025) Commissioned by Iain C. Hutchison (University of Glasgow) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61234

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Rembis on Wong, Alice, ed.: _Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire_. Vintage Books, 2024. Published by H-Disability.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20126703

26.09.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Harvey, Kyle E.. In Place of Mobility: Railroads, Rebels, and Migrants in an Argentine-Chilean Borderland. : University of North Carolina Press, 2024. xiv + 247 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469682266. Reviewed by Mauro I. Greco (National Scientific and Technical Research Council, CONICET, Argentina) Published on H-LatAm (September, 2025) Commissioned by Elizabeth Gansen (Grand Valley State University)

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Greco on Harvey, Kyle E.: _In Place of Mobility: Railroads, Rebels, and Migrants in an Argentine-Chilean Borderland_. University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Published by H-LatAm.
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