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Wiseman, Matthew S.. Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War, 1945-1970. : University of Toronto Press, 2024. xvii + 308 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781487504199. Reviewed by Paul Landsberg (United States Air Force Academy) Published on H-Environment (March, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Landsberg on Wiseman, Matthew S.: _Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War, 1945-1970_. University of Toronto Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20144099

06.03.2026 15:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Campbell-Hale, Leigh. Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine: The 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike. : University Press of Colorado, 2023. vi + 325 pp. $19.95 (e-book), ISBN 9781646423026.$24.95 (paper), ISBN 9781646427727. Reviewed by Wesley R. Bishop (Jacksonville State University) Published on H-Socialisms (March, 2026) Commissioned by Graeme Pente (Independent Scholar)

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Bishop on Campbell-Hale, Leigh: _Remembering Ludlow but Forgetting the Columbine: The 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike_. University Press of Colorado, 2023. Published by H-Socialisms.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20144094

06.03.2026 15:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Patten, Robin. The Mountain: Journeys in High Places. : University of Utah Press, 2025. 244 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 9781647692261. Reviewed by Peter H. Hansen (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Published on H-Environment (March, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62328

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Hansen on Patten, Robin: _Mountain: Journeys in High Places, The_. University of Utah Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143999

05.03.2026 16:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lukes, Steven. The Diversity of Morals. : Princeton University Press, 2025. 238 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691157191. Reviewed by Shai M. Dromi (Harvard University) Published on H-Ethnic (March, 2026) Commissioned by Xiao Di Tong (Early Modern World at Harvard) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62436

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Dromi on Lukes, Steven: _Diversity of Morals, The_. Princeton University Press, 2025. Published by H-Ethnic.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143878

04.03.2026 16:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mueller, Milton. Declaring Independence in Cyberspace: Internet Self-Governance and the End of US Control of ICANN. : MIT Press, 2025. 250 pp. $45.00 (e-book), ISBN 9780262383479. Reviewed by Francesco Vecchi (Civic Artificial Intelligence Coordinator, Eumans) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (March, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

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Vecchi on Mueller, Milton: _Declaring Independence in Cyberspace: Internet Self-Governance and the End of US Control of ICANN_. MIT Press, 2025. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143872

04.03.2026 15:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Adcock, Tina. A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North. : University of British Columbia Press, 2025. Illustrations, map. 402 pp. $110.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780774870122. Reviewed by Heather Green (St. Mary's University) Published on H-Environment (March, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Green on Adcock, Tina: _Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North, A_. University of British Columbia Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143855

04.03.2026 13:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Weitzman, Steven. Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World. : Princeton University Press, 2026. 344 p. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691270463. Reviewed by David Armstrong (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Judaic (March, 2026) Commissioned by Vadim Putzu (Missouri State University)

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Armstrong on Weitzman, Steven: _Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World_. Princeton University Press, 2026. Published by H-Judaic.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143825

03.03.2026 21:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mech, L. David; Anderson, Morgan; Cluff, H. Dean. The Ellesmere Wolves: Behavior and Ecology in the High Arctic. : University of Chicago Press, 2025. 266 pp. $32.00 (paper), ISBN 9780226833743. Reviewed by Monica Vasile (University of Oulu, Finland) Published on H-Environment (March, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Vasile on Mech, L. David; Anderson, Morgan; Cluff, H. Dean: _Ellesmere Wolves: Behavior and Ecology in the High Arctic, The_. University of Chicago Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143815

03.03.2026 18:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Colaprice on Koivunen, Pia: _Performing Peace and Friendship: The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy_. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023. Published by H-Socialisms.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143783

03.03.2026 11:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Matthews on Erisman, Angela Roskop: _Wilderness Narratives in the Hebrew Bible: Religion, Politics, and Biblical Interpretation, The_. Cambridge University Press, 2025. Published by H-Judaic.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143734

02.03.2026 22:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

DeWaal, Jeremy. Geographies of Renewal: Heimat and Democracy in West Germany, 1945-1990. : Cambridge University Press, 2025. 371 pp. $135.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781009513432. Reviewed by Lena Heerdmann (Freie Universität Berlin, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Arbeitsbereich Neuere Geschichte/Zeitgeschichte) Published on H-German (February, 2026) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)

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Heerdmann on DeWaal, Jeremy: _Geographies of Renewal: Heimat and Democracy in West Germany, 1945-1990_. Cambridge University Press, 2025. Published by H-German.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143434

27.02.2026 21:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bumatay, Michelle. On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power. : Ohio State University Press, 2025. 155 pp. $36.95 (paper), ISBN 9780814259375. Reviewed by Joanna Davis-McElligatt (University of North Texas) Published on H-Africa (February, 2026) Commissioned by Caitlin Barker (Boston College) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62165

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Davis-McElligatt on Bumatay, Michelle: _On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power_. Ohio State University Press, 2025. Published by H-Africa.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20139922

27.02.2026 19:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Naylor, Simon. The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire. : Cambridge University Press, 2024. 285 pp. $110.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781009207232. Reviewed by Cameron Daddis (University of Wisconsin) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Daddis on Naylor, Simon: _Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire, The_. Cambridge University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143349

27.02.2026 15:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Masur, Kate; Clarke, Liz. Freedom Was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region. : University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Illustrations. xiii + 171 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781469683881.$24.00 (paper), ISBN 9781469680187. Reviewed by Jared Kazik Asser (University of Georgia) Published on H-Socialisms (February, 2026) Commissioned by Graeme Pente (Independent Scholar)

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Asser on Masur, Kate; Clarke, Liz: _Freedom Was in Sight! A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region_. University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Published by H-Socialisms.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143340

27.02.2026 13:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Huang, Shih-Shan Susan. The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture: Mapping Buddhist Book Roads in China and Its Neighbors. : Brill, 2024. 750 pp. $86.00 (cloth), ISBN 9789004680814. Reviewed by Devin Fitzgerald (UCLA) Published on H-Buddhism (February, 2026) Commissioned by Stuart H. Young (Bucknell University)

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Fitzgerald on Huang, Shih-Shan Susan: _Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture: Mapping Buddhist Book Roads in China and Its Neighbors, The_. Brill, 2024. Published by H-Buddhism.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143268

26.02.2026 21:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Elward, Zane. Comic Fascism: Ideology, Catholicism, and Americanism in Italian Children's Periodicals. : Ohio State University Press, 2025. 226 pp. $36.95 (paper), ISBN 9780814259528. Reviewed by Roberto Bianchi (University of Florence) Published on H-Italy (February, 2026) Commissioned by Claudio Staiti (University of San Marino)

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Bianchi on Elward, Zane: _Comic Fascism: Ideology, Catholicism, and Americanism in Italian Children's Periodicals_. Ohio State University Press, 2025. Published by H-Italy.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143206

26.02.2026 17:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

McClanahan, Alyssa S.. Zimmer: The Movement That Defeated a Nuclear Power Plant. : University Press of Kentucky, 2025. 312 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781985902466. Reviewed by Karlyn Allenbrand (University of Delaware) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Allenbrand on McClanahan, Alyssa S.: _Zimmer: The Movement That Defeated a Nuclear Power Plant_. University Press of Kentucky, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143187

26.02.2026 15:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Bremer, Thomas S.. Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone. : University of Nebraska Press, 2025. 252 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781496209955. Reviewed by Timothy Kelly (Saint Vincent College) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62058

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Kelly on Bremer, Thomas S.: _Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone_. University of Nebraska Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143082

25.02.2026 16:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Horn, Maja. Queer Genealogies in Dominican Literature and Culture. : University of Florida Press, 2025. xi + 153 pp. $30.00 (paper), ISBN 9781683405542. Reviewed by Meleena Gil (Elon University) Published on H-Caribbean (February, 2026) Commissioned by Aaron Coy Moulton (Stephen F. Austin State University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62378

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Gil on Horn, Maja: _Queer Genealogies in Dominican Literature and Culture_. University of Florida Press, 2025. Published by H-Caribbean.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20143014

24.02.2026 18:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sabel, Charles F.; Victor, David G.. Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World. : Princeton University Press, 2022. xii + 235 pp. $19.95 (e-book), ISBN 9780691224541.$26.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691224558. Reviewed by Anne-Lise Boyer (University of Arizona) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Boyer on Sabel, Charles F.; Victor, David G.: _Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World_. Princeton University Press, 2022. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142985

24.02.2026 16:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Setzekorn, Eric B.. Uncertain Allies: General Joseph Stilwell and the China-Burma-India Theater. : Naval Institute Press, 2024. vii + 266 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781682472033. Reviewed by Jack Emery (Texas Christian) Published on H-War (February, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62040

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Emery on Setzekorn, Eric B.: _Uncertain Allies: General Joseph Stilwell and the China-Burma-India Theater_. Naval Institute Press, 2024. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142976

24.02.2026 14:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Megelsh, Michael J.. Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America. : Kent State University Press, 2024. 320 pp. $39.95 (paper), ISBN 9781606354674. Reviewed by Dru Sanders (Rice University) Published on H-War (February, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61298

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Sanders on Megelsh, Michael J.: _Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America_. Kent State University Press, 2024. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142975

24.02.2026 14:34 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Chin, Rachel. War of Words: Britain, France and Discourses of Empire During the Second World War. : Cambridge University Press, 2022. x + 288 pp. $106.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781009181013. Reviewed by Nicholas Sambaluk (Air University) Published on H-War (February, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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Sambaluk on Chin, Rachel: _War of Words: Britain, France and Discourses of Empire During the Second World War_. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Published by H-War.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142974

24.02.2026 14:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wiens, John A.. Becoming an Ecologist: Career Pathways in Science. : Columbia University Press, 2025. viii + 264 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780231218047.$28.00 (paper), ISBN 9780231218054. Reviewed by Shelley Mitchell (Oklahoma State University) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Mitchell on Wiens, John A.: _Becoming an Ecologist: Career Pathways in Science_. Columbia University Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142841

23.02.2026 15:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gribetz, Jonathan Marc. Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy. : Princeton University Press, 2024. xvi + 387 pp. $99.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691260525.$29.95 (paper), ISBN 9780691176802. Reviewed by Malakeh Abdellatif (Pennsylvania State University) Published on H-Diplo (February, 2026) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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Abdellatif on Gribetz, Jonathan Marc: _Reading Herzl in Beirut: The PLO Effort to Know the Enemy_. Princeton University Press, 2024. Published by H-Diplo.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142687

22.02.2026 16:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Powell-Warren, Catherine. Maria Sibylla Merian. : Getty Publications, 2025. 144 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781606069929. Reviewed by Amelia Goldsby (University of Iowa) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62494

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Goldsby on Powell-Warren, Catherine: _Maria Sibylla Merian_. Getty Publications, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142561

20.02.2026 15:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dimick, Sarah. Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures. : Columbia University Press, 2024. 315 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780231209250. Reviewed by Mohammed Muharram (University of Bremen) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62650

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Muharram on Dimick, Sarah: _Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures_. Columbia University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142447

19.02.2026 15:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Heppler, Jason A.. Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism. : University of Oklahoma Press, 2024. 224 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9780806193748. Reviewed by Rachel Ameen (Syracuse University) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (February, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

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Ameen on Heppler, Jason A.: _Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism_. University of Oklahoma Press, 2024. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142443

19.02.2026 14:46 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2

Crump, Margaret M.. James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge: A Life of Science during the Age of Improvement. : University of Nebraska Press, 2025. 635 pp. $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781496242006.$45.00 (paper), ISBN 9781496242341. Reviewed by Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (February, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

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Mandler on Crump, Margaret M.: _James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge: A Life of Science during the Age of Improvement_. University of Nebraska Press, 2025. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142346

18.02.2026 15:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Parr, Soraya Cates. Nashville Native Orchids: Astonishing Science and Mysterious Folklore. : Vanderbilt University Press, 2024. xi + 155 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 9780826506580. Reviewed by Mingcan Rong (University of Bristol) Published on H-Environment (February, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Rong on Parr, Soraya Cates: _Nashville Native Orchids: Astonishing Science and Mysterious Folklore_. Vanderbilt University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20142332

18.02.2026 15:17 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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