Reviews in History

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British history is a global story shaped by migration, race and empire. This should be taught at all learning stages. Here are 7 simple things you can do to change the history curriculum runnymedetrust.org/blog/teachrace… #TeachRaceMigrationEmpire #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackLivesMatter

This week we bring you a special issue on Global Commodities by @ihr_history @RoyalHistSoc Fellow and @LeedsUniHistory PhD, Purba Hossain. Histories of sugar, cotton, chocolate, coffee, alcohol, indigo, opium, and more. tiny.cc/91qxpz

"Britain in 1714 was dramatically more like the world of the 20th century than England had been in 1660... Because this is true, our job as historians of this period is never to lose sight of trying to explain this alteration." reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2392 @ihr_history

Roguery in Print by @LenaLiapi “offers several new & compelling interpretations of the rogue literature phenomenon” says @ReviewsHistory. Save 35% discount with free postage at boybrew.co/2xcVlFD. Use code BB872 at the checkout. boybrew.co/34ne39J

‘the Citie is like quick-sand the longer you stand upon it the deeper you sinke’ [The Art of Living in London]. This week Reviews looks at early modern rogues and slavery in visual politics. @ihr_history @LenaLiapi @fox_amato @boydellbrewer @OUPAcademic

For all our @IHR_Library users and visitors, please check for regular updates on this page: history.ac.uk/coronavirus-ad… We're significantly reducing our library opening hours to 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday, with social distancing measures to enforce distance b/w readers. /1

A historical version of "top 10 greatest hits" (missing many great books, of course!) #IWD2020

For Women's History Month we are featuring a special issue on Women, Property, and Law, curated by our excellent @ihr @EcHistSoc Fellow, @rmason717. reviews.history.ac.uk/special-issues… @BrionyMcDonagh @AlexShepard10 @bronachkane @FionaWi62576268 @BeattieDr

After today's edition, Reviews will be taking a holiday until the new year. We will be back on 9 January. This week we are dreaming of cities. Happy holidays! @ihr_history @OUPAcademic @OSaumarezSmith

A note for all our @IHR_Library users, students, fellows and staff: Over the holiday season, our hours will be as follows: Mon 16 Dec – Fri 20 Dec: 9.00 – 17.15 Closed from 21 Dec to 1 Jan Thursday 2 Jan – Friday 3 Jan: 9.00 – 17.15 Saturday 4 January: closed #Christmas

This week's 'Reviews in History' focus on major new studies of India and the legacies of empire: Ramachandra Guha's 'Gandhi' & Shashi Tharoor's 'Inglorious Empire' reviews.history.ac.uk IHR Reviews offer a weekly take on new publishing. @HurstPublishers @PenguinUKBooks

New reviews up today! 'Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times' by Doris Kearns Goodwin (reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2336) and Ana Paulina Lee's 'Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory' (reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2335) #reviews #history

New reviews out today - 'Stamping American Memory: Collectors, Citizens, and the Post' (reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2334) and 'Thomas Fuller: Discovering England's Religious Past' (reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2333).

What does the Irish experience in the interwar period have to teach us about the process of state-building—and the risk of slipping into authoritarianism? A thoughtful review of @DrMelFarrell's book in @ReviewsHistory: reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2327

Thank you @ReviewsHistory for your review of Shelley Tickell’s Shoplifting in Eighteenth-Century England, published in association with @EcHistSoc Read the review: boybrew.co/2ltzbsC Read the book: boybrew.co/2MHmMJp #EighteenthCentury #Twitterstorians

New reviews just up today - 'Imperial Boredom: Monotony and the British Empire' by Jeffrey Auerbach (reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2332) and 'The Oxford Handbook of English Law and Literature, 1500-1700' ed Lorna Hutson (reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2331)

New reviews out today - Shoplifting in C18 England & Emotions and Mass Atrocity. reviews.history.ac.uk

A commercial but not so polite people: latest @ReviewsHistory from IHR include Shelley Tickell's 'Shoplifting in Eighteenth-Century England' reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2329 'Reviews in History' has reviews of 2000+ recent historical books history.ac.uk/publications/r… #twitterstorians

New reviews up today! Stepfamilies, Slavery and Football - reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2326 reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2325 reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2324