China and Inner Asia – September 2012 to May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 24, 2013|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Migration, prostitution, and human trafficking : the voice of Chinese women / Min Liu. Taiwan and the rise of China : cross-strait relations in the twenty-first century / edited by Baogang Guo and Chung-chian Teng. Taiwanese identity in the 21st century : domestic, regional, and global perspectives / edited by Gunter Schubert and Jens Damm. Tibet : a history / Sam Van Schaik. Harmony and war : Confucian culture and

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South Asia – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 7, 2013|South Asia|0 comments

Sri Lanka and the Kandy Esala Perahera : discovering the spirit of Buddah in the land of elephants / Michael Sarnacki. The great Indian phonebook : how the mass mobile changes business, politics and daily life / Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron. Beyond Swat : history, society and economy along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier / edited by Magnus Marsden, Benjamin Hopkins. Contesting nation : gendered violence in South Asia : notes on the postcolonial present / edited by Angana P. Chatterji and Lubna Nazir Chaudhry. Coins of Jahangir : creations of a

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Religions – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 6, 2012|Religions|0 comments

About religion: economies of faith in virtual culture / Mark C. Taylor Modern American popular religion: a critical assessment and annotated bibliography / Charles H. Lippy. Egypt 1350 BC – AD 1800: art historical and archaeological studies for Gawdat Gabra / Marianne Eaton-Krauss, Cäcilia Fluck, and Gertrude J.M. van Loon (eds.). Ideas of Man in the conceptions of the religions = Das Menschenbild in den Konzeptionen der Religionen / (edited by) Tarmo Kulmar,

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