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Die Schlacht von Sanssouci: Der roi-philosophe und die klandestine Literatur im Siebenjährigen Krieg (2015)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2015). Die Schlacht von Sanssouci: Der roi-philosophe und die klandestine Literatur im Siebenjährigen Krieg. In S. Stockhorst (Ed.), Krieg und Frieden im 18. Jahrhundert (75-92). Wehrhahn Verlag

Leadership, Loyalty, and Sovereignty in the Revolutionary American Southwest: The State of Franklin as Case Study (2015)
Journal Article
Ray, K. (2015). Leadership, Loyalty, and Sovereignty in the Revolutionary American Southwest: The State of Franklin as Case Study. The North Carolina historical review, 92(2), 123-144

The Wilson–Johnson Correspondence, 1964–69 (2015)
Book
Smith, S. C. (Ed.). (2015). The Wilson–Johnson Correspondence, 1964–69. Routledge

Less than a year after the assassination of President Kennedy brought Lyndon B. Johnson to the White House, Harold Wilson became British Prime Minister. Over the next four years, the two men governed their countries through unprecedented crises, both... Read More about The Wilson–Johnson Correspondence, 1964–69.

The Wilson-Johnson correspondence, 1964-69 (2015)
Book
Smith, S. C. (Ed.). (2015). The Wilson-Johnson correspondence, 1964-69. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315551456

Less than a year after the assassination of President Kennedy brought Lyndon B. Johnson to the White House, Harold Wilson became British Prime Minister. Over the next four years, the two men governed their countries through unprecedented crises, both... Read More about The Wilson-Johnson correspondence, 1964-69.

Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor (2015)
Journal Article
Evans, N. J. (2015). Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor. Journal of Medieval History, 41(2), 131-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2015.1030438

Albanus, an eponymous ancestor for the kingdom of Alba, provides an example of the extent to which the creation of an ethnic identity was accompanied by new ideas about origins, which replaced previous accounts. Through an analysis of the Historia Br... Read More about Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor.

Sir lan Hamilton y las consecuencias de los Dardanelos (2015)
Journal Article
Macleod, J. (2015). Sir lan Hamilton y las consecuencias de los Dardanelos. Desperta Ferro Contemporánea, 47--49

El desastroso intento de forzar el paso de los Dardanelos en 1915 supuso una humillación para el Imperio británico y un fracaso que pondría fin a la carrera del general sir Ian Hamilton, comandante en jefe de la Fuerza Expedicionaria del Mediterráneo... Read More about Sir lan Hamilton y las consecuencias de los Dardanelos.

Imperialism, History of (2015)
Book Chapter
Smith, S. C. (2015). Imperialism, History of. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (685-691). (2nd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.62046-9

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The word 'imperialism' is one of the most powerful concepts of our time. Originally coined as a term to describe and analyze the expansion of the European powers over the rest of the world in the last quarter... Read More about Imperialism, History of.

Cherokees, Empire, and the Tennessee Corridor in the British Imagination, 1670-1730 (2015)
Book Chapter
Ray, K. (2015). Cherokees, Empire, and the Tennessee Corridor in the British Imagination, 1670-1730. In K. Ray (Ed.), Before the Volunteer State: New Thoughts on Early Tennessee, 1540–1800 (35-64). University of Tennessee Press

Searching for John Sevier: Myth, memory, and the history of early Tennessee history (2015)
Book Chapter
Ray, K., & Barksdale, K. (2015). Searching for John Sevier: Myth, memory, and the history of early Tennessee history. In K. Ray (Ed.), Before the volunteer state: New thoughts on early Tennessee, 1540–1800 (201-216). University of Tennessee Press

Before the Volunteer State: New thoughts on early Tennessee history, 1540-1800 (2015)
Book
Ray, K. (2015). K. Ray (Ed.). Before the Volunteer State: New thoughts on early Tennessee history, 1540-1800. University of Tennessee Press

Most general studies of Tennessee history begin with the arrival of Anglo-American settlers in the 1760s, with only a brief overview of the state’s “prehistory.” This welcome volume rethinks this narrative by placing Tennessee’s origins firmly in the... Read More about Before the Volunteer State: New thoughts on early Tennessee history, 1540-1800.

Human trafficking and the UK Modern Slavery Bill (2015)
Journal Article
Craig, G. (2015). Human trafficking and the UK Modern Slavery Bill. Social Inclusion, 3(1), 136-139. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v3i1.202

This article provides a commentary on growing awareness of human trafficking to and within the United Kingdom and government responses to it.

Rumour and reputation in the early modern English family (2015)
Book Chapter
Capern, A. L. (2015). Rumour and reputation in the early modern English family. In C. Walker, & H. Kerr (Eds.), 'Fama' and her sisters: Gossip and rumour in Early Modern Europe (85-113). Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.EER-EB.4.00081

This article explores the role of rumour, or the hearsay and gossip that circulated in a community, in eroding or maintaining reputations within and across families; it considers the nature of gossip, including the way it carried gender connotations,... Read More about Rumour and reputation in the early modern English family.

Ship carvers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain (2015)
Journal Article
McCarthy, E. (2015). Ship carvers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. Sculpture Journal, 24(2), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.3828/sj.2015.24.2.4

Vessel ornamentation has been practised for thousands of years and over a vast geographical area. Unsurprisingly, the type of carvings and their purpose vary considerably from place to place and their style, form and subject matter have changed signi... Read More about Ship carvers in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.

'Ancient Volscian border dispute flares': representations of militarism, masculinity and the Balkans in Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2016). 'Ancient Volscian border dispute flares': representations of militarism, masculinity and the Balkans in Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 18(3), 429-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2014.984486

Reception of the 2012 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, dealt with two particular themes: the homoerotic relationship between Fiennes' Coriolanus and the rebel leader Aufidius whose forces he eventua... Read More about 'Ancient Volscian border dispute flares': representations of militarism, masculinity and the Balkans in Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus.

Symphony of sirens: uses and problems of sound in teaching and learning about music and politics (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2015). Symphony of sirens: uses and problems of sound in teaching and learning about music and politics. Radical history review, 2015(121), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-2800108

I have been teaching courses about music and politics since 2011, firstly as a part-time instructor replacing a faculty member during her research leave and later at a different institution as a faculty member myself. This piece considers some of the... Read More about Symphony of sirens: uses and problems of sound in teaching and learning about music and politics.

Slavery, memory and identity: national representations and global legacies (2014)
Book
Hamilton, D., Hodgson, K., & Quirk, J. (2014). D. Hamilton, K. Hodgson, & J. Quirk (Eds.), Slavery, memory and identity: national representations and global legacies. Pickering & Chatto

This is the first book to use national representations of slavery to present an international comparative perspective. The essays in this collection explore the complex relationship between slavery and national identity by assessing the role of museu... Read More about Slavery, memory and identity: national representations and global legacies.

Cherokees and Franco-British Confrontation in the Tennessee Corridor, 1730-1760 (2014)
Journal Article
Ray, K. (2014). Cherokees and Franco-British Confrontation in the Tennessee Corridor, 1730-1760. Native South, 7, 33-67. https://doi.org/10.1353/nso.2014.0004

A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856 (2014)
Book Chapter
Starkey, D. J., & McCarthy, M. (2014). A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856. In S. Eklöf Amirell, & L. Müller (Eds.), Persistent Piracy (131-151). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352866_7

The British Atlantic world was ‘created by kaleidoscopic movements of people, goods and ideas’ that spiralled out of England, Scotland and Ireland (hereafter, Britain) from the sixteenth century onwards.1 A desire to gain at the expense of foreigners... Read More about A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856.

Complaining about typhoid in 1930s Britain (2014)
Book Chapter
Wall, R. (2014). Complaining about typhoid in 1930s Britain. In J. Reinarz, & R. Wynter (Eds.), Complaints, controversies and grievances in medicine: Historical and social science perspectives (184-202). Routledge

Das Haus Hannover, das Britische Empire und die Naturgeschichte. Gelehrte Praktiken zwischen Universität Göttingen, Weltreich und Dynastie (2014)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2014). Das Haus Hannover, das Britische Empire und die Naturgeschichte. Gelehrte Praktiken zwischen Universität Göttingen, Weltreich und Dynastie. In R. G. Asch (Ed.), Hannover, Großbritannien und Europa: Erfahrungsraum Personalunion, 1714-1837. Wallstein