Development Studies – December 2013 to July 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 10, 2015|Development Studies|

First world hunger revisited : food charity or the right to food? / edited by Graham Riches and Tiina Silvasti. Migration and care labour : theory, policy and politics / edited by Bridget Anderson, Isabel Shutes. [e-book via Dawsonera] Locating right to the city in the global south / edited by Tony Roshan Samara, Shenjing He and Guo Chen. The politics of inclusive development : interrogating the evidence / edited

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History – June and July 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 7, 2015|History|0 comments

Comparative & Thematic The material of world history / edited by Tina Mai Chen and David S. Churchill The Oxford handbook of environmental history / edited by Andrew C. Isenberg The great sea: a human history of the Mediterranean [updated edition] / David Abulafia. Empire by treaty: negotiating European expansion, 1600-1900 / edited by Saliha Belmessous. The pursuit of history: aims, methods and new directions in the study of history

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Development Studies – July and August 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 13, 2014|Development Studies|0 comments

Romancing the wild: cultural dimensions of ecotourism / by Robert Fletcher. Crisis and migration: critical perspectives / Anna Lindley [E-book]. Aid on the edge of chaos: rethinking international cooperation in a complex world / Ben Ramalingam. Humanitarian crises and migration: causes, consequences and responses / edited by Susan F. Martin, Sanjula Weerasinghe and Abbie Taylor. Methodological challenges and new approaches to research in international development / edited by Laura Camfield. New

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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

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Development Studies – September 2012 to November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 7, 2014|Development Studies|0 comments

Rural social movements in Latin America : organizing for sustainable livelihoods / edited by Carmen Diana Deere and Frederick S. Royce. Mining, the environment, and indigenous development conflicts / Saleem H. Ali. Treasures of the earth : need, greed, and a sustainable future / Saleem H. Ali. Different rainbows / edited by Peter Drucker. Aid, NGOs and the realities of women’s lives : a perfect storm / Tina Wallace Beyond

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China and Inner Asia – May to June 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 11, 2013|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Literary remains : death, trauma, and Lu Xun’s refusal to mourn / Eileen Cheng. Capitalizing China / edited by Joseph P.H. Fan and Randall Morck. Rainbow body : the life and realization of a Tibetan yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin / Chögyal Namkhai Norbu ; translated and annotated by Adriano Clemente. Youth culture in China : from Red Guards to netizens / Paul Clark. Chinese complaint systems : natural resistance /

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China and Inner Asia – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 3, 2012|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Database updates China Academic Journals (CAJ) 中国期刊全文数据库 now includes masters theses and doctoral dissertations The popular Chinese language database now includes access to masters theses (1999-2012) and doctoral dissertations (2000-2012). These can be searched or browsed individually or cross searched with all of our other CAJ packages. A small percentage of the articles are images which can be converted to text-based articles by using the OCR button. http://oversea.cnki.net/ [On-campus] http://bit.ly/CAJTheses

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China and Inner Asia – June to August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 15, 2012|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Places of memory in modern China : history, politics, and identity / edited by Marc Andre Matten. Global warming and China’s environmental diplomacy / Yu Hongyuan. China’s last empire : the great Qing / William T. Rowe. [Also available as an e-book via ebrary, available to SOAS staff and students only] The wobbling pivot : China since 1800 : an interpretive history / Pamela Kyle Crossley. [Also available as an

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China and Inner Asia – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 31, 2012|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Translation zones in modern China :authoritarian command versus gift exchange /by Bonnie S. McDougall Multinational corporation subsidiaries in China :an empirical study of growth and development strategy /Jinghua Zhao … [et al.].  The history of Chinese civilisation. Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties /edited by Xingpei Yuan. Three approaches to combating torture in China /Chen Weidong and Taru Spronken (eds.).  Pluralist universalism :an Asian Americanist critique

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