Being able to read a scholarly publication critically and absorb its contents is a vital skill for any researcher or writer. This assignment will offer a relevant article and require students to evaluate the contents. Students should consider what sources the publication uses - are they oral or archival, and where were they gathered - and the author's relationship to the material he or she has published. Major debates which relate to the articles should be identified and discussed within the review. The review must be 1-3 pages in length and correspond to an appropriate journal format suitable for an academic publication. Value: 6% of course grade Objective: The academic world requires that scholars be able to engage with the thinking of their colleagues in a respectful manner, but be able to offer critical analysis where it is necessary. Reviewing material is an excellent way to better understand it as well as to engage with broader topics. Learning Outcomes: Recognize major contributions to research within scholarly publications Identify and contextualize a given scholar Demonstrate respectful analysis without hesitating to identify problems Instructions: Students will be provided with an academic publication by Paul E. Lovejoy and must read, analyze, and contextualize it in a 1-3 page review. An appropriate style sheet will be attached indicating the journal style which will be adhered to for this assignment, to closely mirror an actual review process. Style Guidelines (from The Canadian Journal of African Studies) General guidelines here: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rcas20&page=instructions Book reviews should give an overall view of the content of the book, with a critique. Keep references to a minimum, use double quotation marks for direct quotes and indicate the page number(s) thus: (55) or (123-7) of (fn. 7). FORMAT Book title: all bold, by Author and Author/edited by Author, Cambridge, Harvard UniversityPress, 2013, xlii + 584 pp. The review (the content) Reviewer’s Name Affiliation Email (c) Year, Review Author name References/Bibliography go before reviewer details. Any publications cited in the Book/Filmshould be referenced. Each review is placed in a section in order of the reviewer’s name. EXAMPLE:  BOOK REVIEW  African Conflicts and Informal Power: Big Men and Networks, edited by Mats Utas, Uppsala, New York, and London, Nordiska Afrikainstititutet and Zed Books, 2012, vii + 255 pp. The set of investigations in this edited collection indicates that nation-states may constituted the focus of most global data presentations and academic investigations […] military institutions were the same forces that lead to assimilation within cultures across the globe: the simple traditions of loyalty, identity, and a sacrifice for one’s homeland. Bibliography  Timothy Joseph Stapleton. 2006. No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Timothy Joseph Stapleton. 2010. A Military ‘History of South Africa: From Dutch-Khoi Wars to the End of Apartheid. Santa Barbara: CA: Praeger. Jack Kerouac Department of Road Studies Euphoric State University  California  ontheroad@gmail.com © 2013, Jack Kerouac