History – December 2013 and January 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 27, 2014|History|0 comments

General & Comparative Farewell to Salonika: city at the crossroads / Leon Sciaky. Transatlantic slavery: an introduction / [text by Richard Benjamin … and David Fleming]. Borders: a very short introduction / Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen.  Red stamps and gold stars: fieldwork dilemmas in upland socialist Asia / edited by Sarah Turner Early modern things: objects and their histories, 1500-1800 / edited by Paula Findlen. Medicine and colonialism:

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Development Studies – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 28, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

‘Good health at low cost’ 25 years on : what makes a successful health care system? / editors: Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee and Anne Mills. Environmental impact / editors, C.A. Brebbia, T.-S. Chon. Provocations for Development / Robert Chambers Representations of global poverty : aid, development and international NGOs / Nandita Dogra.

South Asia – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 10, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Sustainable pastoralism in the Himalayas India chronic poverty report : towards solutions and new compacts in a dynamic context Wandering hermit : the Himalayas / Shakti Singh. The verses : Urdu/Hindi-English Pilgrimage tourism / Nirmala Sati, I.K. Mansoori. The hymns of Yajurveda = Yajurvedaḥ Management of water resources in Himalayan ecosystem : a case study / Khalid Rayaz. Women in terrorism : case of the LTTE / Tamara Herath An

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Development Studies – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 10, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Coping with disasters : mitigation strategy, preventive action and recovery / editors, Mamata Desai, Sandip Halder. Joint ventures in agriculture : lessons from land reform projects in South Africa / Edward Lahiff, Nerhene Davis and Tshililo Manenzhe. Making health financing work for poor people in Tanzania / Dominic Haazen. A philosophy of education for African nations : recovering from the negative effects of colonial education / Emefiena Ezeani.