Reviews in American History is an academic journal founded in 1973. Each issue presents substantive reviews of more than two-dozen new books on the topic of American history. It also features retrospectives on influential titles of the past. All areas of American history, including political, military, economic, gender, religious, social, cultural, legal, intellectual, artistic, and philosophical. The publication aims to incorporate both traditional and more recently encountered themes in American history. The current editor is Thomas P. Slaughter of the University of Rochester.
The journal is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Circulation is 2,875 and the average length of an issue is 200 pages.
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