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Central European History Society Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Promoting scholarship on the region's diverse & complex history. CEH journal published by @CUPAcademic. Editor: @Monica_Black_, Assoc. Editor: Mirna Zakić.

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Book Cover for: The Habsburg Empire Under Siege: Ottoman Expansion and Hungarian Revolt in the Age of Grand Vizier Ahmed Köprülü (1661-76), Georg B. Michels

The Habsburg Empire Under Siege: Ottoman Expansion and Hungarian Revolt in the Age of Grand Vizier Ahmed Köprülü (1661-76)

Georg B. Michels
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

CEHS awards its 2021 Hans Rosenberg Book Prize to George B. Michels of @UCRiverside for _The Habsburg Empire under Siege_ (1661-1676), published by @McGillQueensUP. Congratulations Dr. Michels! More at: https://t.co/BKhk3rLWfg https://t.co/MLK0H1AjjR

Hardcover, 2021

$100.00Member price:$95.00 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries, David Sorkin

Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries

David Sorkin
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

And of course, the latest CEH issue has a wealth of book reviews, including Daniel B. Schwartz's featured review of David Sorkin's Jewish Emancipation: A History across Five Centuries ... https://t.co/cHhv9eW2T9

Paperback, 2021

$34.00Member price:$30.60 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement, Tiffany N. Florvil

Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement

Tiffany N. Florvil
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

Warmest congratulations to Professor @tnflorvil, Central European History editorial board member, on the publication of her much-anticipated book Mobilizing Black Germany! https://t.co/m0VKw8kYqi

Paperback, 2020

$26.95Member price:$26.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Reformation of the Senses: The Paradox of Religious Belief and Practice in Germany, Jacob M. Baum

Reformation of the Senses: The Paradox of Religious Belief and Practice in Germany

Jacob M. Baum
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Other reviewed books include! Laura E. Wangerin, Kingship and Justice in the Ottonian Empire (@UofMPress); Jacob M. Baum, Reformation of the Senses (@IllinoisPress); William D. Godsey, Sinews of Habsburg Power (@OUPHistory) https://t.co/lDL5jPaAhi

Paperback, 2018

$35.00Member price:$35.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Kingship and Justice in the Ottonian Empire, Laura Wangerin

Kingship and Justice in the Ottonian Empire

Laura Wangerin
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

Other reviewed books include! Laura E. Wangerin, Kingship and Justice in the Ottonian Empire (@UofMPress); Jacob M. Baum, Reformation of the Senses (@IllinoisPress); William D. Godsey, Sinews of Habsburg Power (@OUPHistory) https://t.co/lDL5jPaAhi

Hardcover, 2019

$79.95Member price:$79.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Experimenting at the Boundaries of Life: Organic Vitality in Germany Around 1800, Joan Steigerwald

Experimenting at the Boundaries of Life: Organic Vitality in Germany Around 1800

Joan Steigerwald
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

Also in CEH 54:1! @whitmer_kelly on Joan Steigerwald, Experimenting at the Boundaries of Life; @KerryWallach on @OtherJayGeller's The Scholems; & Caitlin Murdock on Nicolai Hannig, Kalkulierte Gefahren @WallsteinVerlag @UPittPress @CornellPress

Hardcover, 2019

$65.00Member price:$61.75 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Austrian Art of Riding: Five Centuries, Werner Poscharnigg

Austrian Art of Riding: Five Centuries

Werner Poscharnigg
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

And of course, the latest CEH issue has a wealth of book reviews, including Daniel B. Schwartz's featured review of David Sorkin's Jewish Emancipation: A History across Five Centuries ... https://t.co/cHhv9eW2T9

Paperback, 2015

$50.00Member price:$45.00 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: The House of Hemp and Butter: A History of Old Riga, Kevin C. O'Connor

The House of Hemp and Butter: A History of Old Riga

Kevin C. O'Connor
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

... Katrin Paehler's review of Michael Meng & @AdamSeipp's new edited volume, Modern Germany in Transatlantic Perspective ... ... and Katja Wezel's review of Kevin O’Connor's The House of Hemp and Butter: A History of Old Riga!

Paperback, 2023

$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: West Germany and the Iron Curtain, Astrid Eckert

West Germany and the Iron Curtain

Astrid Eckert
Central European History SocietyCentral European History Society

Besides all of the wonderful research articles we've been tweeting about today, CEH 54:1 also has a bevy of book reviews, including Hope M. Harrison's featured review of Astrid Eckert's prize-winning _West Germany and the Iron Curtain_

Paperback, 2021

$41.99Member price:$41.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)