If you use international data… from the UKDS

By Victoria Bird|August 23, 2017|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Politics and International Relations|

The international data at the UK Data Service via UKDS.Stat (http://stats.ukdataservice.ac.uk/) currently only has funds to continue for another year to July 2018. This means that we might be unable to access this resource after this time. This includes data from the IEA, IMF, UNIDO, OECD and the World Bank. Some is in the public arena, but not all of it. UKDS are currently considering other options and trying to

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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

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Economics – December 2012 to May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 12, 2013|Economics|0 comments

Globalization and economic nationalism in Asia / ed. by Anthony P. D’Costa. [Also available as an e-book from Dawsonera] Market threads : how cotton farmers and traders create a global commodity / Koray Çalışkan. [Also available as an e-book from ebrary]  End this depression now! / Paul Krugman. Frontiers of commodity chain research / edited by Jennifer Bair.

South Asia – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 7, 2013|South Asia|0 comments

Sri Lanka and the Kandy Esala Perahera : discovering the spirit of Buddah in the land of elephants / Michael Sarnacki. The great Indian phonebook : how the mass mobile changes business, politics and daily life / Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron. Beyond Swat : history, society and economy along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier / edited by Magnus Marsden, Benjamin Hopkins. Contesting nation : gendered violence in South Asia : notes on the postcolonial present / edited by Angana P. Chatterji and Lubna Nazir Chaudhry. Coins of Jahangir : creations of a

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Economics – September to November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 19, 2012|Economics|0 comments

Microeconometrics using Stata / A. Colin Cameron, Pravin K. Trivedi. The market system : what it is, how it works, and what to make of it / Charles E. Lindblom. The nature and logic of capitalism / Robert L. Heilbroner. Regaining Europe : an economic agenda for the 21st century / George Irvin International capital markets: systems in transition / edited by John Eatwell and Lance Taylor. [Available as an

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Development Studies – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 18, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

e-books Food and environment : the quest for a sustainable future / editors, V. Popov, C.A. Brebbia. [Dawsonera] Flood prevention and remediation / edited by F.C.B. Mascarenhas. [Dawsonera] Incentives and instruments for sustainable irrigation / edited by H. Bjornlund. [Dawsonera] Management of scarce water resources : a Middle Eastern experience / Hazim K. El-Naser. [Dawsonera] The road to sustainability : GDP and future generations / Federico M. Pulselli … [et al.]. [Dawsonera]

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