Book reviews constitute an important component in the communication ecology driving and sustaining historical scholarship. This examination frames the discussion of the book review as artifact of communication. Within the context of its perceived value, its significance to historians, and its position within this ecosystem, the book review is further contextualized within a discussion of subject specialization. Additionally, the intellectual and professional position the book review occupies in this ecology, is broached, and tempered by historians’ observations concerning its relative status, purpose, and necessity for the historical profession. Further observations are articulated by university press directors within the context of the influence that book reviews exert within this communication ecology.

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美国历史上的书评格局：专业化、细分、价值和历史期刊

书评是传播生态驱动和维持历史学术的重要组成部分。该检查将书评的讨论定性为交流的产物。在其感知价值、它对历史学家的重要性以及它在这个生态系统中的地位的背景下，书评在主题专业化的讨论中被进一步背景化。此外，书评在这个生态系统中所占据的知识和专业地位，受到历史学家对其相对地位、目的和历史专业必要性的观察的影响和调节。在书评在这种传播生态中施加的影响的背景下，大学新闻总监阐明了进一步的观察。