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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Religions – July 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 5, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Coptic culture: past, present and future / edited by Mariam Ayad. Modest fashion: styling bodies, mediating faith / edited by Reina Lewis. The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of death and burial / ed. by Sarah Tarlow and Liv Nilsson Stutz. Oxford handbook of religion and violence / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson. Christianizing death: the creation of a ritual process in early medieval Europe /

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South Asia – January and February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 8, 2013|South Asia|0 comments

Gujarati communities across the globe : memory, identity and continuity / edited by Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom Mukadam. Bamboo : the wonderful grass / by G.K. Ghosh. Dalits and environment : a critical analysis / D.V. Rao, P. Lakshmi. Narrative noodles : essays on Indian novels in English / C.L. Khatri. A report on the preservation of Buddhist monuments at Bamiyan in Afghanistan / by B.B. Lal and R. Sengupta ; edited

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Religions – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 4, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-Journals Journal of Religion in Japan Vol.1 (2012) onwards [Available to all users on-campus, and SOAS Students/Staff off-campus] Journal of Hindu Studies. Volume 1 (2008) onwards. [Available to all users on-campus, and SOAS Students/Staff off-campus] Books The Almohad revolution: politics and religion in the Islamic West during the twelfth-thirteenth centuries / Maribel Fierro Buddhist funeral cultures of Southeast Asia and China / edited by Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig. Citizens

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