Stand by for an article soon, about describing history books through the lens of book history. Another part of the answer is that historians do #bookhistory too.
Leslie Howsam
TOTALLY. It's so understudied compared to fiction, especially in the modern context. I know @lesliehowsam.bsky.social has long championed more work in this area, but I get the sense that for a lot of people in lit studies it's often felt too hard to pitch as a 'lit' project
