New reviews: Russian Empire, New York, Siberia and frontiers

We start this week with The Russian Empire 1450-1801 by Nancy Shields Kollmann, as Orel Beilinson and the author discuss a masterpiece of equal value to specialists and the general public (no. 2120, with response here). Next up is Tyler Anbinder’s City of...

New reviews: 1960s, peace, Heligoland and Eisenhower

We start this week with Christopher Strains’s The Long Sixties: America 1955-1973. Louisa Hotson praises a textbook that lives up to the best ideals of the genre (no. 2113). Next up is a review of the current Imperial War Museum exhibition People Power: Fighting...

New reviews: China, drink, reformations and Ike

We kick off with Robert Bickers’ epic Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination. Phoebe Chow tackles a well-written, exciting and important book on the Sino-Western relationship (no. 2108). Next up is A History of Drink and the English,...