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Tito's children? : educational resources, language learning and cultural capital in the life histories of interpreters working in Boznia-Herzegovina (2011)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2011). Tito's children? : educational resources, language learning and cultural capital in the life histories of interpreters working in Boznia-Herzegovina. Südosteuropa, 59(4), 478-502

The foreign military forces and international organisations that have operated in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since 1992 recruited thousands of local people, often young students, to work as interpreters. Drawing on 31 life history interviews conduc... Read More about Tito's children? : educational resources, language learning and cultural capital in the life histories of interpreters working in Boznia-Herzegovina.

British policy and the end of empire in the Gulf (2011)
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Smith, S. C. (2011). British policy and the end of empire in the Gulf. Orient: German Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture of the Middle East, 52(1), 17-22

In the aftermath of the 1956 Suez crisis, British policy-makers engaged in a long-running debate about the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining Britain's special role in the Gulf. Although British officials in the Gulf extolled the virtues of... Read More about British policy and the end of empire in the Gulf.

Book review : Paul C. Rosier, Serving Their Country: American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009, $39.95). Pp. 368. ISBN 978 0 6740 3610 9. (2011)
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Porter, J. (2011). Book review : Paul C. Rosier, Serving Their Country: American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009, $39.95). Pp. 368. ISBN 978 0 6740 3610 9. Journal of American Studies, 45(3), 633 - 634. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875811000788

Have you ever been in Bosnia? British military travelers in the Balkans since 1992 (2011)
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Baker, C. (2011). Have you ever been in Bosnia? British military travelers in the Balkans since 1992. Journeys : the international journal of travel and travel writing, 12(1), 63 - 92. https://doi.org/10.3167/jys.2011.120104

Tens of thousands of British military personnel traveled in former Yugoslavia as peacekeepers between 1992 and 2007. The settlements where British forces established their military presence and supply chain were conceptually far from former Yugoslavi... Read More about Have you ever been in Bosnia? British military travelers in the Balkans since 1992.

Book review : Seneca Possessed: Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic . By Matthew Dennis. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. viii, 313 pp. $45.00, ISBN978-0-8122-4226-3.) (2011)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2011). Book review : Seneca Possessed: Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic . By Matthew Dennis. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010. viii, 313 pp. $45.00, ISBN978-0-8122-4226-3.). Journal of American history, 97(4), 1117 - 1117. https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaq083

Book review : David L. Preston, The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667–1783 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2009, £28.49). Pp. 408. isbn978 0 8032 1369 2. (2011)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2011). Book review : David L. Preston, The Texture of Contact: European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667–1783 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2009, £28.49). Pp. 408. isbn978 0 8032 1369 2. Journal of American Studies, 45(1), 201 - 202. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002187581000215X

Social impact of the 2004 Manawatu floods and the 'hollowing out' of rural New Zealand (2011)
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Smith, W., Davies-Colley, C., Mackay, A., & Bankoff, G. (2011). Social impact of the 2004 Manawatu floods and the 'hollowing out' of rural New Zealand. Disasters, 35(3), 540-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01228.x

The Manawatu floods of 2004 have had significant, long-lasting social consequences. This paper draws on findings from a series of detailed surveys of 39 farm households directly affected by the floods and 17 individuals directly involved in managing... Read More about Social impact of the 2004 Manawatu floods and the 'hollowing out' of rural New Zealand.