History – August 2015

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

Comparative and thematic Essaying the past: how to read, write, and think about history / Jim Cullen. –[2 edn]  [also available as an e-book] Using film as a source / Sian Barber Controversial history education in Asian contexts / edited by Mark Baildon, Loh Kah Seng, Ivy Maria Lim, Gül Inanç, and Junaidah Jaffar– China and Tibet Japanese Taiwan: colonial rule and its contested legacy / edited by Andrew D.

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South Asia – December 2013 to July 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 11, 2015|South Asia|

Art, Archaeology and Architecture Excavations at Kanaganahalli (Sannati), Taluk Chitapur, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka / K.P. Poonacha. The hermit’s hut : architecture and asceticism in India / Kazi K. Ashraf. Late temple architecture in India 15th to 19th centuries : continuities, revivals, appropriations, and innovations / George Michell. Nalanda : situating the great monastery / Frederick M. Asher. No touching, no spitting, no praying : the museum in South Asia /

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History – August 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 25, 2014|History|0 comments

General and comparative The Oxford history of historical writing [Vol.2: 400-1400]/ Daniel Woolf, general editor. The Oxford handbook of the history of medicine / edited by Mark Jackson.  Africa An African in Paris / Bernard Binlin Dadié ; translated by Karen C. Hatch. Blue dahlia, black gold: a journey into Angola / Daniel Metcalfe Lost and found in Johannesburg, a memoir / Mark Gevisser. Good morning, Mr Mandela / by

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Music, Media and Film Studies – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 3, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Dancehall : from slave ship to ghetto / Sonjah Stanley Niaah. Can’t stop won’t stop : a history of the hip-hop generation / Jeff Chang. The music of Jōji Yuasa / Luciana Galliano ; edited by Peter Burt Kyeʺ lakʻ to rvā teʺ kabyā / Ūʺ Soʻ Jaṅʻ pru cu saññʻ. ʼAlaṅkā Kyoʻ Cvā Ūʺ Hanʻ Pa / Nanʻʺ Ññvanʻʹ Chve. Unearthing gender : folksongs of North India / Smita

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