eHistory Book Reviews Reviews of historical non-fiction, both of real scholarly significance and of appeal to a wide audience of interested readers http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/reviews http://images.asc.ohio-state.edu/is/image/eHistory/reviews/review72.jpg?hei=100&cvt=jpg eHistory Book Reviews http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/reviews Copyright #Year(Now())# en-us (July Book Review): A Cruel Wind: Pandemic Flu in America, 1918-1920 by Dorothy A. Pettit and Janice Bailie - Review by Anne Sealey<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=jCtoJn2Ra4A:wf4rdCVT_eQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=jCtoJn2Ra4A:wf4rdCVT_eQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=jCtoJn2Ra4A:wf4rdCVT_eQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=72 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (June Book Review): The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009) - Review by Linda Long-Van Brocklyn<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=fUo0CrIhpqI:6Oy7x8leitQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=fUo0CrIhpqI:6Oy7x8leitQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=fUo0CrIhpqI:6Oy7x8leitQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=69 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (May Book Review): Caesar: A Life in Western Culture by Maria Wyke (Chicago 2008) - Review by Gregory Pellam<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=vlz2v5YjrpM:dqedcuu1xIQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=vlz2v5YjrpM:dqedcuu1xIQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=vlz2v5YjrpM:dqedcuu1xIQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=68 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (April Book Review): The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany by Susannah Heschel (Princeton University Press, 2008) - Review by Benzion Chinn<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=ZMPRAC91YCA:bEVJGtuzpqc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=ZMPRAC91YCA:bEVJGtuzpqc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=ZMPRAC91YCA:bEVJGtuzpqc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=67 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (March Book Review): The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction by Max Page (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008) - Review by Linda Long-Van Brocklyn<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=Pa3TXEieENI:WpxfzX8_R3M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=Pa3TXEieENI:WpxfzX8_R3M:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=Pa3TXEieENI:WpxfzX8_R3M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=66 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (February Book Review): Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer by Wendell E. Pritchett (University of Chicago Press, 2008) - Review by Danielle Olden<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=2bNzfL2Pv0s:p5pOFzVYGKQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=2bNzfL2Pv0s:p5pOFzVYGKQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=2bNzfL2Pv0s:p5pOFzVYGKQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=65 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (January Book Review): A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800 by Susan Pinkard (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009) - Review by Sarah Kernan<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=tKCKeYjEbEw:Mz68O8ssm28:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=tKCKeYjEbEw:Mz68O8ssm28:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=tKCKeYjEbEw:Mz68O8ssm28:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=64 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (December Book Review): Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North by Thomas J. Sugrue (New York: Random House, 2008) - Review by Jennifer Huff<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=A8yOXwo3grI:Ugp8Sotm4m8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=A8yOXwo3grI:Ugp8Sotm4m8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=A8yOXwo3grI:Ugp8Sotm4m8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=63 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (November Book Review): Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend by Richard Stoneman (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2008) - Review by Dallas DeForest<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=ZhUqtSc8pTs:MqsZzkEeLPs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=ZhUqtSc8pTs:MqsZzkEeLPs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=ZhUqtSc8pTs:MqsZzkEeLPs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=62 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (October Book Review): 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War by Benny Morris (Yale University Press, 2008) - Review by Paul Chamberlin<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=TYd1km2q3ms:qAO426576iA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=TYd1km2q3ms:qAO426576iA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=TYd1km2q3ms:qAO426576iA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=61 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (September Book Review): The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World by Lorenz M Luthi (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008) 375 pages. - Review by Ryan Irwin<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=IP4_PJ68-ek:1UUuuZ3iXq8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=IP4_PJ68-ek:1UUuuZ3iXq8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=IP4_PJ68-ek:1UUuuZ3iXq8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=60 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (July Book Review): After Abolition: Britain and the Slave Trade Since 1807 by Marika Sherwood (I.B. Tauris, 2007) - Review by Stephen Shapiro<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=CBEVlVf7IwE:behps9v7aVk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=CBEVlVf7IwE:behps9v7aVk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=CBEVlVf7IwE:behps9v7aVk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=59 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (June Book Review): The Discovery of Mankind: Atlantic Encounters in the Ages of Columbus by David Abulafia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008) - Review by John Hunt<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=rfxeqAEBXpM:LaN9pWpIXt4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=rfxeqAEBXpM:LaN9pWpIXt4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=rfxeqAEBXpM:LaN9pWpIXt4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=58 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (May Book Review): School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program by Susan Levine (Princeton University Press, 2008) - Review by Jennifer Huff<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=O3impeZXcB4:iyAQivturmI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=O3impeZXcB4:iyAQivturmI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=O3impeZXcB4:iyAQivturmI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=57 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT (April Book Review): Byzantium by Judith Herrin (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2008) - Review by Morgan Myers<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=Ch4YPRVyzOI:XBz2tYrDtGM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=Ch4YPRVyzOI:XBz2tYrDtGM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?a=Ch4YPRVyzOI:XBz2tYrDtGM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eHistoryBookReviews?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ehistory.osu.edu/perma/default.cfm?type=1&id=56 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT