History – November 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 18, 2015|History|

Comparative and thematic The Palgrave encyclopedia of imperialism and anti-imperialism / edited by Immanuel Ness and Zak Cope In the museum of man: race, anthropology, and empire in France, 1850-1950 / Alice L. Conklin The global transformation of time: 1870-1950 / Vanessa Ogle The past is a foreign country – revisited / David Lowenthal Africa Pan-African themes Hunting Africa: British sport, African knowledge, and the nature of empire / Angela

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History – July 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 20, 2014|History|0 comments

General & comparative Visualizing knowledge and creating meaning in ancient writing systems / edited by Shai Gordin State, faith, and nation in Ottoman and post-Ottoman lands / Frederick F. Anscombe Africa Contesting Caprivi: a history of colonial isolation and regional nationalism in Namibia Africa (4th edn) / edited by Maria Grosz-Ngaté, John H. Hanson, and Patrick O’Meara Dead was everything / Keith Smith The death penalty in Africa: foundations and

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History – May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 30, 2013|History|0 comments

Women and slavery in the late Ottoman Empire: the design of difference / Madeline C. Zilfi.  Japan since 1945: from postwar to post-bubble / edited by Christopher Gerteis and Timothy S. George. [Also available as an e-book from Dawsonera] Chefferie coloniale et égalitarisme diola: les difficultés de la politique indigène de la France en basse-Casamance (Sénégal), 1828-1923 / Philippe Méguelle. Coming of age in nineteenth-century India: the girl-child and the

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 29, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Perché il male? : il problema della Mesopotamia antica / Claudio Saporetti ; con un contributo bibliografico di Giovanna Matini. Wissenskultur im Alten Orient Weltanschauung, Wissenschaften, Techniken, Technologien : 4. Internationales Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 20.-22. Februar 2002, Münster Im Auftrag des Vorstands der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft / unter Mitarbeit von Susanne Paulus [and] Hans Neumann. A manual of Hurrian / by Arnaud Fournet. La collezione orientale

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