1908, 2015

Anthropology and Sociology – December 2013 to July 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 19, 2015|Anthropology and Sociology|

Anthropomorphism Thinking with animals : new perspectives on anthropomorphism / edited by Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman. Art & Artefacts Making and growing : anthropological studies of organisms and artefacts / by Elizabeth Hallam and Tim Ingold. Australasia The Black pacific : anti-colonial struggles and oceanic connections / Robbie Shilliam. Community Community, cosmopolitanism and the problem of human commonality / Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport. East Asia Seeing transnationally :

1405, 2015

History – April 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 14, 2015|History|0 comments

Comparative and thematic histories Mapping the end of empire: American and British strategic visions in the postwar world / Aiyaz Husain. History and popular memory: the power of story in moments of crisis / Paul A. Cohen. The lifeblood of war: logistics in armed conflict / Julian Thompson. Empires of vision: a reader / Martin Jay and Sumathi Ramaswamy, eds. The Princeton companion to Atlantic history / editor, Joseph C.

1203, 2014

Development Studies – January and February 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 12, 2014|Development Studies|0 comments

Alternatives to neoliberal globalization : studies in the political economy of institutions and late development by Dic Lo. The global challenge of encouraging sustainable living : opportunities, barriers, policy and practice / edited by Shane Fudge, Michael A. Peters, Steven M. Hoffman, Walter Wehrmeyer. The domestic politics of foreign aid / Erik Lundsgaarde. The future is not what it used to be : climate change and energy scarcity / Jörg

1411, 2013

History – October 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 14, 2013|History|0 comments

Cultural encounters during the Crusades / edited by Kurt Villads Jensen, Kirsi Salonen, Helle Vogt. Monarchy and modernity in Egypt: politics, Islam and neo-colonialism between the wars / James Whidden. The military collapse of China’s Ming Dynasty, 1618-44 / by Kenneth M. Swope. Not even my name: from a death march in Turkey to a new home in America, a young girl’s true story of genocide and survival /

0910, 2013

History – September 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 9, 2013|History|0 comments

e-books The rise of fiscal states: a global history, 1500-1914 / edited by Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla, Patrick K. O’Brien ; with Franciso Comín Comín. [e-book from Dawsonera] Akbar / André Wink [e-book fro Dawsonera] The Crusades: a very short introduction / Christopher Tyerman [e-book from ebrary] Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 / D.K. Fieldhouse. [e-book from ebrary] Books Empire, global coloniality and African subjectivity / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. Homer’s Turk: how classics

2806, 2013

History – June 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 28, 2013|History|0 comments

The left in Iran, 1941-1957 / edition editor: Cosroe Chaqueri. China’s left-behind wives: families of migrants from Fujian to Southeast Asia, 1930s-1950s / Huifen Shen with a foreword by Wang Gungwu. Empire and power in the reign of Süleyman : narrating the sixteenth-century Ottoman world / Kaya Şahin Noir urbanisms: dystopic images of the modern city / edited by Gyan Prakash. [also available as an e-book via Dawsonera] The Crusader

1312, 2012

Development Studies – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 13, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Politics from afar : transnational diasporas and networks / [edited by ] Terrence Lyons and Peter Mandaville. Basic water science / Ajaya Dixit. The Communist revolution in Asia; tactics, goals, and achievements. Edited by Robert A. Scalapino. The Elgar companion to development studies / edited by David Alexander Clark. [Also available as an e-book from Dawsonera] Decoding subaltern politics : ideology, disguise, and resistance in agrarian politics / James C.

2811, 2012

Development Studies – September and October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 28, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

e-books Coming climate crisis? : consider the past, beware the big fix / Claire L. Parkinson. Available from Dawsonera. Abortion in Asia local dilemmas, global politics / edited by Andrea Whittaker. Available from Dawsonera. United in discontent : local responses to cosmopolitanism and globalization / edited by Dimitrios Theodossopoulos and Elisabeth Kirtsoglou. Available from Dawsonera. e-book and print Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack. [Also available as an e-book from

0508, 2012

Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 5, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations The Ugaritic texts and the origins of West-Semitic literary composition / by Dennis Pardee Picturing the past: imaging and imagining the ancient Middle East / edited by Jack Green, Emily Teeter and John A. Larson Hammurabi of Babylon / Dominique Charpin Methoden zur Restaurierung von ungebrannten und gebrannten Keilschrifttafeln : gestern und heute / Carmen Gütschow Disaster and relief management = Katastrophen und ihre Bewältigung /

0408, 2012

History – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 4, 2012|History|0 comments

Arming the periphery: the arms trade in the Indian Ocean during the age of global empire / by Emrys Chew Posing for posterity: royal Indian portraits / Pramod Kumar K.G. ; foreword by H.R.H. Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur. (isbn 9781780762494) The company-state: corporate sovereignty and the early modern foundation of the British Empire in India / Philip J. Stern. Best of enemies: a history of US and Middle

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