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 :

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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.

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0808, 2013

Development Studies – July 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 8, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding : Peace In Between : Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding / Mats Berdal, Astri Suhrke [e-book from ebrary] Ethnographic research in the construction industry / edited by Sarah Pink, Dylan Tutt, and Andrew Dainty. Women and wars / edited by Carol Cohn ; with a foreword by Cynthia Enloe. Development, security, and aid : geopolitics and geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development / Jamey

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2012, 2012

Politics and International Relations – September to November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 20, 2012|Politics|0 comments

Great games, local rules : the new power contest in Central Asia / Alexander Cooley. Chaos, violence, dynasty : politics and Islam in Central Asia / Eric McGlinchey. Understanding Central Asia : politics and contested transformations / Sally Cummings. Movement, power and place in Central Asia and beyond : contested trajectories / edited by Madeleine Reeves. Extremists in our midst: confronting terror [electronic resource] / Abdul Haqq Baker. [Available as

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3004, 2012

Linguistics – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Linguistics|0 comments

Meaning and relevance / Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber. Middle Arabic and mixed Arabic : diachrony and synchrony / edited by Liesbeth Zack and Arie Schippers.  Linguistic universals and language variation / edited by Peter Siemund. Language : the cultural tool / Daniel Everett.  [a.k.a “Cognitive fire” possibly US title] Minority languages in the linguistic landscape / ed. by Durk Gorter, Heiko F. Marten and Luk Van Mensel. Reciprocals and

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