Ignore Fast-Track Assessments of Scholarly Books at Your Peril

By MARK BAUERLEIN

In May 1999, scholars reacted angrily to a lengthy review of five works on Native American history in The New York Review of Books. The dispute highlighted an important fact about academic life in the United States: When a scholarly book is published, it can undergo a double reception -- a kind of peer review within academe and, if it is lucky,...

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