📚 Books of the Month

Here are the books that we enjoyed reading last month... April 2023 Books of the Month Dear Reader Even though we publish digitally, we absolutely love books! Here's our monthly selection of books that our editorial team has reviewed. [Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater]( Timothy Cochrane’s "Making the Carry" chronicles the lives and labors of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater as they made a place for themselves and their kin in the boundary water borderlands between the United States and Canada at the turn of the 20th century. Drawing from family archives, oral histories, photographs, and more, it tells a meticulously researched story that will appeal to scholars, enthusiasts, and students of borderlands, Anishinaabeg, Métis, labor, and environmental histories. [Read full review]( [A History of Ottoman Libraries]( "A History of Ottoman Libraries" is a timely addition to Ottoman intellectual history. Erünsal, who has published widely in Turkish on Ottoman libraries, noted the gap in Anglophone scholarship regarding this topic and duly assembled this book. Part of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies series from Academic Studies Press, this book is aimed at scholars and students. [Read full review]( [Managing the Wealth of Nations: Political Economies of Change in Preindustrial Europe]( Philipp Robinson Rössner's book is intended for scholars and students of European economic history. It is a comprehensive study of economic development in the German-speaking lands from the medieval period through the mid-19th century. Rössner’s objective is to illustrate the importance of cameralism in European economic development and to study the degrees to which “state interference” played a role in industrialization. [Read full review]( [Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82]( Elizabeth A. Fenn shares her comprehensive research on the smallpox epidemic from 1775-1782. While historians have studied the smallpox epidemic during the American Revolution and have identified the declining Native American population due to diseases in earlier centuries, Fenn claims that the late 18th-century smallpox epidemic also contributed to this decline. This book is suitable for college-level students learning early American history. [Read full review]( [Women and the Crusades]( Helen J. Nicholson's latest book gives readers a window toward the contributions of women participants of the crusades, contributions that historians before and now have paid little attention to. Using primary sources from both the Christian and Muslim societies, “Women and the Crusades” is a great reading material for engaged history enthusiasts and undergraduate-level students of medieval history. [Read full review]( [Browse our Bookshop]( Disclaimer: We receive a commission for books sold through our website. Write a Review Why not write a book review for the most widely read ancient history encyclopedia online? [Submit a Review]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( [YouTube]( [World History Foundation]( is a non-profit organization registered in Canada. [World History Publishing Ltd]( is a non-profit company registered in the United Kingdom. Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. [Donate Now]( You are receiving this email because you have either signed up for our weekly newsletter or subscribed to our membership. Our mailing address is: World History Publishing Ltd Brook House Mint StreetGodalming, Surrey GU7 1HE United Kingdom [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](