Abel, Sarah. Permanent Markers: Race, Ancestry, and the Body After the Genome. : University of North Carolina Press, 2022. 272 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469665153. Reviewed by Ayah Nuriddin (Yale University) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (August, 2025) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
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Nuriddin on Abel, Sarah: _Permanent Markers: Race, Ancestry, and the Body After the Genome_. University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
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Brinkman, Paul D.. Now Is the Time to Collect: Daniel Giraud Elliot, Carl Akeley, and the Field Museum African Expedition of 1896. : University of Alabama Press, 2024. 358 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 9780817361488. Reviewed by Samuel J M M Alberti (National Museums Scotland/University of Stirling) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (August, 2025) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
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Alberti on Brinkman, Paul D.: _Now Is the Time to Collect: Daniel Giraud Elliot, Carl Akeley, and the Field Museum African Expedition of 1896_. University of Alabama Press, 2024. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
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Kondrich, Christopher; Tacent, Susan; Spelman, Lucy H., eds.. Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation. : University of Minnesota Press, 2024. 253 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 9781517918316. Reviewed by Jeremy Nelson (University of Virginia) Published on H-Environment (August, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
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Nelson on Kondrich, Christopher; Tacent, Susan; Spelman, Lucy H., eds.: _Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation_. University of Minnesota Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20121876
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Reeves, John. Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant. New York: Pegasus Books, 2023. 352 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781639365272. Reviewed by Timothy Brown (University of Connecticut) Published on H-War (August, 2025) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=60524
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Brown on Reeves, John: _Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant_. Pegasus Books, 2023. Published by H-War.
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Vine, David. The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State. California Series in Public Anthropology. Oakland: University of California Press, 2020. Illustrations, maps. xxv + 426 pp. $13.95 (e-book), ISBN 9780520972070.$29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780520300873. Reviewed by Joseph E. Johnson (Temple University) Published on H-War (August, 2025) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)
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Johnson on Vine, David: _United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State, The_. University of California Press, 2020. Published by H-War.
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Brown, Willa Hammitt. Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack. : University of Minnesota Press, 2024. 319 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781517912451. Reviewed by Adam Hogan (Texas Tech University) Published on H-Environment (August, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
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Hogan on Brown, Willa Hammitt: _Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack_. University of Minnesota Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
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Hutchison, Iain; Atherton, Martin; Virdi, Jaipreet, eds.. Disability and the Victorians: Attitudes, Interventions, Legacies. : Manchester University Press, 2020. Illustrations. 216 pp. $130.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781526145710. Reviewed by Geoffrey F. Reaume (York University, Toronto) Published on H-Albion (August, 2025) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic)
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Reaume on Hutchison, Iain; Atherton, Martin; Virdi, Jaipreet, eds.: _Disability and the Victorians: Attitudes, Interventions, Legacies_. Manchester University Press, 2020. Published by H-Albion.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20121598
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Dunick on Laqua, Daniel: _Activism Across Borders Since 1870: Causes, Campaigns and Conflicts In and Beyond Europe_. Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Published by H-Socialisms.
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MacDuffie, Allen. Climate of Denial: Darwin, Climate Change, and the Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century. : Stanford University Press, 2024. xi + 281 pp. $32.00 (paper), ISBN 9781503639546. Reviewed by Debra Rosenthal (John Carroll University) Published on H-Environment (July, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
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Rosenthal on MacDuffie, Allen: _Climate of Denial: Darwin, Climate Change, and the Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century_. Stanford University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20121475
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Eiden-Offe, Patrick; Blumenfeld, Jacob, trans.. The Poetry of Class: Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the Invention of the Proletariat. : Brill, 2023. xi + 303 pp. $181.00 (cloth), ISBN 9789004685451. Reviewed by Andrew Bonnell (University of Queensland) Published on H-Socialisms (July, 2025) Commissioned by Gary Roth (Rutgers University - Newark)
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Bonnell on Eiden-Offe, Patrick; Blumenfeld, Jacob, trans.: _Poetry of Class: Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the Invention of the Proletariat, The_. Brill, 2023. Published by H-Socialisms.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20121435
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Griffin, Carrie; Ryley, Hannah, eds.. Recipes and Book Culture in England, 1350-1600. : Liverpool University Press, 2024. 256 pp. $130.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781802074635. Reviewed by Jessica Legacy (Red Deer Polytechnic) Published on H-Albion (July, 2025) Commissioned by Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth (Red Deer Polytechnic) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61248
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Legacy on Griffin, Carrie; Ryley, Hannah, eds.: _Recipes and Book Culture in England, 1350-1600_. Liverpool University Press, 2024. Published by H-Albion.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20121427
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Zhang, Taisu. The Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation: Belief Systems, Politics, and Institutions. : Cambridge University Press, 2022. 250 pp. $127.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781108995955.$127.00 (e-book), ISBN 9781009009904. Reviewed by Tristan Brown (MIT) Published on H-Asia (July, 2025) Commissioned by Jenny H. Day (Skidmore College)
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Brown on Zhang, Taisu: _Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation: Belief Systems, Politics, and Institutions, The_. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Published by H-Asia.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20121378
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