Stephanie Balkwill. The Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century. : University of California Press, 2024. Illustrations. 272 pp. $12.99 (e-book), ISBN 9780520401822.$34.95 (paper), ISBN 9780520401815. Reviewed by Kate Lingley (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa) Published on H-Buddhism (August, 2026) Commissioned by Stuart H. Young (Bucknell University)

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Campisi, Nicolás; Mertehikian, Lucas, eds.. Imagining a New Natural History: Latin American Cultural Production in the Anthropocene. : University of Florida Press, 2026. 289 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9781683405696. Reviewed by Niall Peach (University of Cincinnati) Published on H-Environment (August, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Kushner, Aaron. Cherokee Nation Citizenship: A Political History. : University of Oklahoma Press, 2025. 259 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780806194752. Reviewed by Noah Ramage (Yale University) Published on H-AmIndian (August, 2026) Commissioned by F. Evan Nooe (University of South Carolina Lancaster) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62789

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Griscom, David. The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South. : OR Books, 2025. 238 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 9781682196458. Reviewed by Ashley N. Garcia (Baker University) Published on H-Socialisms (August, 2026) Commissioned by Graeme Pente (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62881

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Hendrix, Howard V.. Living Fossils, Lost Worlds, Last Humans: The Science and Fiction of Population and Extinction. : McFarland, 2026. xii + 228 pp. $55.00 (paper), ISBN 9781476696324. Reviewed by Andrew J. Bielecki (Georgetown University) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (August, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

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Malcom, Michael; mohaupt, abby. Climate Justice, Climate Hope: Building Moral Economy. : Fortress Press, 2025. 132 pp. $29.00 (paper), ISBN 9798889832836. Reviewed by Lydia Willsky-Ciollo (Fairfield University) Published on H-Environment (August, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62816

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Bowden, Mary. Radical Science: Plants, Agency, and Nineteenth-Century British Narrative. : Ohio State University Press, 2026. 205 pp. $69.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780814216095. Reviewed by Kate Nankervis (University of York) Published on H-Environment (August, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Sundén, Jenny; Paasonen, Susanna; Tiidenberg, Katrin. Hot Connections: Why Sexual Platforms Matter. : MIT Press, 2026. 211 pp. $55.00 (paper), ISBN 9780262052061. Reviewed by Maaike van der Horst (University of Twente) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (August, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

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De Groot, Michael. Disruption: The Global Economic Shocks of the 1970s and the End of the Cold War. : Cornell University Press, 2024. xii + 307 pp. $53.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781501774119. Reviewed by Nathanael Mickelson (University of Georgia) Published on H-War (August, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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Shea, Thomas. Verifying Nuclear Disarmament. : Routledge, 2018. xx + 220 pp. $149.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781138103887. Reviewed by Kathryn Boehlefeld (Air University) Published on H-War (August, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=56564

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Cook, Ian M.. Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How?. : Routledge, 2023. 222 pp. $26.95 (paper), ISBN 9780367439446. Reviewed by Dan R. Morris (Podcast Magazine) Published on H-Podcast (August, 2026) Commissioned by Robert Cassanello (he/him/his) (University of Central Florida) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=59577

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Brooks, David. Restoring the Shining Waters: Superfund Success at Milltown, Montana. : University of Oklahoma Press, 2025. 280 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 9780806196398. Reviewed by Gregory S. Wilson (University of Akron) Published on H-Environment (August, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Lu, Miao. The Transsion Approach: Translating Chinese Mobile Technology in Africa. : University of Illinois Press, 2025. xii + 176 pp. $28.00 (paper), ISBN 9780252089046. Reviewed by Chaofan Yu (East China University of Political Science and Law) Published on H-Africa (August, 2026) Commissioned by Caitlin Barker (Boston College)

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Bouchard, Jack. Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World. : Yale University Press, 2025. 344 pp. $38.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780300264357. Reviewed by Morgan S. Hardy (University of Tennessee) Published on H-Oceans (August, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62987

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Byghan, Yowann. Goddesses of the World: From Prehistory to Modern Cultures and Religions. : McFarland & Company, 2026. 250 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781476699813. Reviewed by Autumn S. Vondran (Texas A&M University-Victoria) Published on H-Ethnic (August, 2026) Commissioned by Xiao Di Tong (H-Net Reviews) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=63057

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Cleveland, Todd. Africa and the Olympics: Winning Away from the Podium. : Ohio University Press, 2024. 208 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 9780896803527.$80.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780896803510. Reviewed by Mattie Webb (Virginia Military Institute) Published on H-Africa (August, 2026) Commissioned by Caitlin Barker (Boston College)

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Packer, Melina. Toxic Sexual Politics: Toxicology, Environmental Poisons, and Queer Feminist Futures. : New York University Press, 2025. 315 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9781479828623. Reviewed by Jay Buchanan (Washington University in St. Louis) Published on H-Environment (August, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Chase, Michelle; Cosse, Isabella, eds.. The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality and Family. : University of Florida Press, 2026. 304 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9781683405702. Reviewed by Nathan Sommer (Binghampton University) Published on H-Caribbean (August, 2026) Commissioned by Aaron Coy Moulton (Stephen F. Austin State University)

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Iversen, Stefan. Disrupting Narrative Rhetoric: Experimental Fictionality on Digital Platforms. : Ohio State University Press, 2026. 217 pp. $69.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780814216071. Reviewed by Gio DiRusso (Harvard University) Published on H-Ethnic (August, 2026) Commissioned by Xiao Di Tong (H-Net Reviews) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62874

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Konradova, Natalia. Hacking the Iron Curtain: A Media Archaeology of the Russian Internet. : University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. 213 pp. $79.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780299354008. Reviewed by Werner D. Lippert (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Published on H-Diplo (August, 2026) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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Carlson, Anthony E.. Perilous Waters: Settlers, Swamps, and the State, 1775–1920. : University of North Carolina Press, 2026. 288 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469694801. Reviewed by Karl Nycklemoe (Washington University in St. Louis) Published on H-Environment (July, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Negowetti, Nicole. Feeding the Future: Restoring the Planet and Healing Ourselves. : Georgetown University Press, 2026. 321 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781647126476. Reviewed by Adrienne Krone (Allegheny College) Published on H-Environment (July, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62576

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Watkins, Charles. Trees Ancient and Modern: Woodland Cultures and Conservation. : Reaktion Books, 2025. 256 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781836391180. Reviewed by Frederica S. Bowcutt (Evergreen State College) Published on H-Environment (July, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62597

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Hibbs, Thomas S.. A Theology of Creation: Ecology, Art, and Laudato Si'. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2026. 189 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 9780268205638. Reviewed by Susan Bratton (Baylor University) Published on H-Environment (July, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62805

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Barget, Monika. Uprisings in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Mediation and the Transformation of Political Culture. : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. x + 226 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781350377134. Reviewed by Aaron Michael Hoggle (University of Alabama) Published on H-War (July, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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Rippon, Lee. Australia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939-1947: Prisoners of War, International Diplomacy and Australian Foreign Policy. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 348 pp. $169.99 (paper), ISBN 9783031638084. Reviewed by Jean-Michel Turcotte (Directorate of History and Heritage / Canadian Department of National Defence in Ottawa) Published on H-War (July, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

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Kellner, Joseph. The Spirit of Socialism: Culture and Belief at the Soviet Collapse. : Cornell University Press, 2025. 242 pp. $47.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781501781513. Reviewed by Margaret McCool (Indiana University) Published on H-Socialisms (July, 2026) Commissioned by Graeme Pente (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62813

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Reisman, Emily. The Almond Paradox: Cracking Open the Politics of What Plants Need. : University of California Press, 2026. 170 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 9780520413832. Reviewed by Sean C. McCollum (University of Oklahoma) Published on H-Environment (July, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Bawa, Seema, ed.. Delights and Disquiets of Leisure in Premodern India. : Bloomsbury, 2023. Illustrations. xiii + 293 pp. $115.00 (cloth), ISBN 9789394701274. Reviewed by Sancharini Mitra (JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)) Published on H-History-and-Theory (July, 2026) Commissioned by Andrew J. Kettler (University of South Carolina)

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Shokr, Ahmad. Harvests of Liberation: Cotton, Capitalism, and the End of Empire in Egypt. : Stanford University Press, 2025. 320 pp. $32.00 (paper), ISBN 9781503642799. Reviewed by Kristen Alff (North Carolina State University) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2026) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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