History – May 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 15, 2015|History|0 comments

Comparative & thematic Sapiens: a brief history of humankind / Yuval Noah Harari. The transformation of the world: a global history of the nineteenth century / Jurgen Osterhammel. [also available as an e-book] Africa North Africa Dividing the Nile: Egypt’s ‘economic’ nationalists in the Sudan, 1918-1956 / David E. Mills China & Tibet Fateful ties: a history of America’s preoccupation with China / Gordon H. Chang. Writing, publishing, and reading

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History – February 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 31, 2015|History|0 comments

General and thematic Echoes of empire: memory, identity and the legacy of imperialism / Kalypso S. Nicolaidis, Berny Sebe & Gabrielle Maas The rise of the West: a history of the human community: with a retrospective essay / by William H. McNeill; drawings by Béla Petheö. Europe and the Islamic world: a history / John Tolan, Gilles Veinstein, and Henry Laurens   translated by Jane Marie Todd with a foreword by

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History – July 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 20, 2014|History|0 comments

General & comparative Visualizing knowledge and creating meaning in ancient writing systems / edited by Shai Gordin State, faith, and nation in Ottoman and post-Ottoman lands / Frederick F. Anscombe Africa Contesting Caprivi: a history of colonial isolation and regional nationalism in Namibia Africa (4th edn) / edited by Maria Grosz-Ngaté, John H. Hanson, and Patrick O’Meara Dead was everything / Keith Smith The death penalty in Africa: foundations and

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China and Inner Asia – February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 11, 2013|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

e-books from Chinamaxx 穆斯林的葬礼 / 霍达著. 红尘 / 霍达著 囯殇 / 霍達著 搏浪天涯 / [霍达著]. 秦皇父子 / 霍达著 补天裂 / 霍达著. 未穿的红嫁衣 ; 沉浮 / 霍达著. Books 古兰经与伊斯兰文化 / 王新生著  Walmart in China / edited by Anita Chan. Poverty and exclusion of minorities in China and India /A.S. Bhalla and Dan Luo. Women and gender in twentieth-century China /Paul J. Bailey. Ruling, resources and religion in China : managing the multiethnic

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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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History – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 4, 2012|History|0 comments

A search for sovereignty: law and geography in European empires, 1400-1900 / Lauren Benton Tidings from Zion: Helen Bentwich’s letters from Jerusalem, 1919-1931 / edited by Jenifer Glynn. Pacific worlds: a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda  Victorian visions of global order: empire and international relations in nineteenth-century political thought / edited by Duncan Bell. The imperial security state: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia

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Japan – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 6, 2012|Japan|0 comments

Public opinion, propaganda, ideology : theories on the press and its social function in interwar Japan, 1918-1937 / by Fabian Schäfer Japanese religions / edited by Lucia Dolce Celebrity gods : new religions, media, and authority in occupied Japan / Benjamin Dorman Pop culture and the everyday in Japan : sociological perspectives / edited by Katsuya Minamida and Izumi Tsuji translated by Leonie R. Stickland Understanding Japanese society / Joy

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History – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 4, 2012|History|0 comments

Empire and education under the Ottomans: politics, reform and resistance from the Tanzimat to the Young Turks / Emine O. Evered The global history of childhood reader / edited by Heidi Morrison Infectious disease in India, 1892-1940: Policy making and the perception of risk / Sandhya L. Polu. Making British Indian fictions: 1772-1823 / Ashok Malhotra. Qatar: a modern history / Allen Fromherz. An empire of facts: colonial power, cultural

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