Thought BASA members might find the following of interest:
Reviews in History is weekly digest of reviews of books and digital resources from across the subject.
Police Control Systems in Britain, 1775–1975: From Parish Constable to National Computer by Chris A. Williams. Kevin Rigg and the author discuss a book which helps fill a clear gap in the historiography of policing (no. 1666 <http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1666> , with response here <http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1666#author-response> ).
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism, edited by S. A. Smith. Jennifer Cowe believes this excellent book gives the reader the opportunity to see the global nuances of Communism (no. 1664 <http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1664> ).
Christopher Bischof reviews Empire's Children Child Emigration, Welfare, and the Decline of the British World, 1869–1967 by Ellen Boucher, an ambitious book of wide-ranging research and powerful analysis, which firmly establishes the importance of child emigration to modern British history (no. 1663 <http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1663> ).
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