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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History – June 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 9, 2014|History|0 comments

General & comparative Connecting histories of education: transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in (post-) colonial education / edited by Barnita Bagchi, Eckhardt Fuchs, and Kate Rousmaniere. Religion, language and community in the Roman Near East: Constantine to Muhammad / Fergus Millar. China & Tibet The capital of the Yuan Dynasty / by Gaohua Chen. Lost colony: the untold story of China’s first great victory over the West / Tonio Andrade. Japan

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