Welcome to Reviews
in History, featuring reviews of books and electronic resources from across
the subject.
Once again a real
variety of books are under the microscope this week.
We begin with a
fierce debate on pseudohistory, with Douglas Allchin (no. 819)
reviewing Ronald Fritze’s Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and
Pseudo-religions, and the author responding here.
Next Miri Rubin’s
history of Marian beliefs and devotion, Mother of God: A History of the
Virgin Mary, is critiqued (no. 820) by
Donna Spivey Ellington. Miri’s response can be read here.
A new collection of
previously published essays by one of Britain’s leading economic historians,
Martin Daunton, is reviewed (no. 821) by
Jim Tomlinson, who finds State and Market in Victorian Britain: War, Welfare
and Capitalism provides a powerful analysis of the dynamics of the Victorian
state.
Another pre-eminent
historian covered this week is Glenn Burgess, and you can read a review here (no. 822) by
Sarah Mortimer of his latest work, British Political Thought, 1500-1660: The
Politics of the Post-Reformation. The author’s response is also available.
Also, make sure to
check out Peter Yearwood’s response to
Carolyn Kitching’s review of Guarantee of Peace: The League of Nations in
British Policy 1914-1925.
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