History – August 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 25, 2014|History|0 comments

General and comparative The Oxford history of historical writing [Vol.2: 400-1400]/ Daniel Woolf, general editor. The Oxford handbook of the history of medicine / edited by Mark Jackson.  Africa An African in Paris / Bernard Binlin Dadié ; translated by Karen C. Hatch. Blue dahlia, black gold: a journey into Angola / Daniel Metcalfe Lost and found in Johannesburg, a memoir / Mark Gevisser. Good morning, Mr Mandela / by

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Music, Media and Film Studies – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 3, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Dancehall : from slave ship to ghetto / Sonjah Stanley Niaah. Can’t stop won’t stop : a history of the hip-hop generation / Jeff Chang. The music of Jōji Yuasa / Luciana Galliano ; edited by Peter Burt Kyeʺ lakʻ to rvā teʺ kabyā / Ūʺ Soʻ Jaṅʻ pru cu saññʻ. ʼAlaṅkā Kyoʻ Cvā Ūʺ Hanʻ Pa / Nanʻʺ Ññvanʻʹ Chve. Unearthing gender : folksongs of North India / Smita

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South East Asia and Pacific – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|South East Asia|0 comments

Journals Asia Pacific World – Vol.1 (2010) onwards. Books Poverty and global recession in Southeast Asia / edited by Aris Ananta and Richard Barichello.  Governance in Pacific Asia : political economy and development from Japan to Burma / Peter Ferdinand. Film in contemporary Southeast Asia / edited by David C. L. Lim and Hiroyuki Yamamoto. Khmer bronzes : new interpretations of the past / Emma C. Bunker and Douglas Latchford. Manuel

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