Canadian Historical Review Book Review Instructions
The Canadian Historical Review uses a bilingual online peer review system called PReSTO where authors, peer reviewers, and book reviewers can submit articles, evaluations, and book reviews online. PReSTO streamlines the publication process to make the process easy and effective for authors, reviewers, and editors alike. When your book review is ready for submission, you will submit it through the PReSTO interface.

Word Limit: 750-800 Words Your review must follow this format:
Title of Book. Author’s First and Last Name OR Editor’s First Name and Last Name, ed. Publication City (or Cities): Publisher, Date. Roman numbered pages + Arabic numbered pages (includes illustrations, notes, tables, bibliography, and index), Cloth price, Paper price (if applicable)

Example:
History of the Book in Canada: Volume 3: 1918–1980. Carole Gerson and Jacques Michon, eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. Pp. 696, $85.00 Please adhere to the word limit given by the book review editor. If you believe that the book you are reviewing warrants a longer review, please consult with the book review editor. Reviews that are shorter than the word limit are normally acceptable as long as they do justice to the book being reviewed. Longer reviews may be edited for length and clarity. Your Name, Your Affiliation.

Please keep these points in mind when writing your review: • Audience o Assume that your readers are interested in Canadian history but come from a variety of fields and are not experts on the topic of the book. Reviews should be dispassionate. Authors and readers alike deserve evenhanded assessments.

• Tone o • Approach o Think of this book review as a thesis essay that is built around your answer to the question “What is the significance of this new book?” Please do not write a review that merely describes the contents of the book under review.

• Coverage
Make sure that your readers find all of the