History – September and October 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 3, 2015|History|

Comparative and thematic The origins of the modern world: a global and environmental narrative from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century [3rd edition] / Robert B. Marks.-[also available in print] The Silk Roads: a new history of the world / Peter Frankopan Goods from the East, 1600-1800: trading Eurasia / [edited by] Maxine Berg ; with Felicia Gottman Hanna Hodacs, & Chris Nierstrasz  Subverting empire: deviance and disorder in the

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Development Studies – April 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 8, 2014|Development Studies|0 comments

E-books Development and Democracy : What Have We Learned and How? / Ole Elgstrom and Goran Hyden Survival Migration : Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement / Alexander Betts International development studies : theories and methods in research and practice / Andrew Sumner and Michael Tribe. Reducing urban poverty in the global South / David Satterthwaite and Diana Mitlin. Child security in Asia the impact of armed conflict in

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Politics and International relations – September 2012 to November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 8, 2014|Politics|0 comments

Controlling the Message: A Strategic Approach to Nation Branding  / Efe Sevin Decentralization and popular democracy : governance from below in Bolivia / Jean-Paul Faguet. A conflict of visions : ideological origins of political struggles / Thomas Sowell. Statebuilding and state-formation : the political sociology of intervention / edited by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara [e-book from ebrary] The behavioral foundations of public policy / edited by Eldar Shafir. Dispossession : the

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Development Studies – September 2012 to November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 7, 2014|Development Studies|0 comments

Rural social movements in Latin America : organizing for sustainable livelihoods / edited by Carmen Diana Deere and Frederick S. Royce. Mining, the environment, and indigenous development conflicts / Saleem H. Ali. Treasures of the earth : need, greed, and a sustainable future / Saleem H. Ali. Different rainbows / edited by Peter Drucker. Aid, NGOs and the realities of women’s lives : a perfect storm / Tina Wallace Beyond

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Development Studies – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 6, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Coffee and power : revolution and the rise of democracy in Central America / Jeffery M. Paige The art of coercion : the primitive accumulation and management of coercive power / Antonio Giustozzi. The new protectorates : international tutelage and the making of liberal states / James Mayall, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, editors. Understanding economic growth in China and India : a comparative study of selected issues / Yanrui Wu.

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Development Studies – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 13, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Politics from afar : transnational diasporas and networks / [edited by ] Terrence Lyons and Peter Mandaville. Basic water science / Ajaya Dixit. The Communist revolution in Asia; tactics, goals, and achievements. Edited by Robert A. Scalapino.  The Elgar companion to development studies / edited by David Alexander Clark. [Also available as an e-book from Dawsonera] Decoding subaltern politics : ideology, disguise, and resistance in agrarian politics / James C.

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Development Studies – September and October 2012

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

 e-books Coming climate crisis?  : consider the past, beware the big fix / Claire L. Parkinson. Available from Dawsonera. Abortion in Asia local dilemmas, global politics / edited by Andrea Whittaker. Available from Dawsonera. United in discontent : local responses to cosmopolitanism and globalization / edited by Dimitrios Theodossopoulos and Elisabeth Kirtsoglou. Available from Dawsonera. e-book and print Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack. [Also available as an e-book from

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South Asia – September and October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 22, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

E- Book Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 / Munis D. Faruqui. Available from Dawsonera The tiger vanquished : LTTE’s story / M.R. Narayan Swamy. Available from ebrary Print Journal The International Journal of Jaina Studies Books Nartanam. vol. 12, no. 2. –  Special issue of the journal ‘Narantam’ on Tagore’s vision of dance. Penser, dire et représenter l’animal dans le monde indien / textes réunis par Nalini Balbir et Georges-Jean

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