Book Review Guidelines
We invite the submission of book reviews for publication. Please consult the guidelines and list below to see books available for review. We also welcome your suggestions for books published within the last two years and will request any book that you are interested in reviewing from the publisher if we do not have it. Book review submissions are due by January 15 for publication in the Spring and by July 15 for publication in the Fall issue. They should be submitted as an electronic MS Word file emailed to Erin Redihan, Book Reviews Editor, at erin.redihan@salve.edu.
Prior to submission, please ensure that your manuscript adheres to the NEJH Style Guide.
Additional Book Review Guidelines
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Each review should be 1,000 – 3,000 words
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Include your name, position, and institution affiliation (if applicable) for your by-line.
e.g., Jane Doe is an assistant professor of history at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME.
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Review Heading: Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Year. Pages. Publisher's Price (Binding).
e.g., Michael Perlman. Emancipation and Reconstruction: 1862-1879. Arlington Heights, IL: Harlan Davidson, 1987. 150 pp. $24.95 (paperback).
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In-text citations of the book under review should render page numbers in parenthetical style using "p." or "pp." abbreviations as appropriate. Citations of other sources should be rendered as endnotes in Chicago Style.
e.g., Perlman argues forcefully that the history of Reconstruction should be reconsidered in light of his findings (p. 14).
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You are welcome to submit up to two reviews per issue.
For Publishers: We welcome publishers to send books that they would like reviewed. Please note that we only accept physical copies of books and that we cannot guarantee that all books received will be reviewed. Review copies can be mailed to:
Erin Redihan
Salve Regina University
100 Ochre Point Ave.
Newport, RI 02840
Regretfully, we cannot accept self-published books for review.
Book Review Request Form
List of Books for Review
Author | Title | Publisher | Year |
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Ebel, Jonathan H | From Dust They Came: Government Camps and the Religion of Reform in New Deal California | NYU Press | 2023 |
Garver, Richard | New England Metropolis: Boston and the Industrialization of New England, 1807-1850 | UMass Press | 2026 |
Hancock, James F. | John Cabot to Henry Hudson: Early European Arrivals in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic North America | McFarland Press | 2025 |
Heartney, Eleanor | Edward Augustus Brackett: The Life, Art and Tumultuous Times of an American Original | Silver Hollow Press | 2025 |
Homestead, William (ed.) | The Active Soul: Emerson and Thoreau on Reform and Civil Disobedience | Mercer University Press | 2025 |
Lands, LeeAnn | Poor Atlanta: Poverty, Race, and the Limits of Sunbelt Development | University of Georgia Press | 2023 |
Lubar, Steven | Remembering the Revolution: Little Compton, Rhode Island. | Little Compton Historical Society | 2026 |
Marston, Kevin Tallec and Mike Cronin | Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth | UMass Press | 2024 |
Martin, CJ | The Precious Birthright: Black Leaders and the Fight to Vote in Antebellum Rhode Island | UChicago Press | 2024 |
Martin, Karin A. | Get Plum Island: Place and Politics in Massachusetts's Ten-Year Fight Over the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge | UMass Press | 2026 |