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Indiens et Franc-Maconnerie: une vision performative de l'histoire Americaine (2008)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2008). Indiens et Franc-Maconnerie: une vision performative de l'histoire Americaine. In M. Prum (Ed.), Race & the Body in Anglophone Context/ Race et corps dans L’aire Anglophone, (113 - 135). Paris, France: L’Harmattan

Comme nombre de mes collègues indianistes, cela fait longtemps que je n’ignore plus que les grandes figures masculines du monde politique et littéraire indien du XIXe et du début du XXe siècle avaient, pour la plupart d’entre elles, des liens directs... Read More about Indiens et Franc-Maconnerie: une vision performative de l'histoire Americaine.

'Dependence and Independence: Malta and the End of Empire' (2008)
Journal Article
Smith, S. (2008). 'Dependence and Independence: Malta and the End of Empire'. Journal of Maltese History, 1(1), 33 - 47

Conflict and collaboration: Britain and Sultan Ibrahim of Johore (2008)
Journal Article
Smith, S. C. (2008). Conflict and collaboration: Britain and Sultan Ibrahim of Johore. Indonesia and the Malay World, 36(106), 345-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639810802450357

The establishment of workable collaborative relations with indigenous elites formed a vital part of the maintenance of the British Empire. This was especially so in the Malay States, where the Malay rulers enjoyed considerable local prestige as relig... Read More about Conflict and collaboration: Britain and Sultan Ibrahim of Johore.

Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era (2008)
Book
Macleod, J. (Ed.). (2008). Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582798

The legacy of defeat in war reverberates through private and collective memory and remains a sub-text in international relations and political discourse. This book examines the manner in which a series of military defeats have been understood and rem... Read More about Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era.

Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918 (2008)
Book
Biskup, T., & Kohlrausch, M. (2008). Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918. Frankfurt: Campus

Die Monarchie wurde 1918 in Deutschland abgeschafft. Aber erlosch damit auch ihre Wirkung? Was hinterließ sie jenseits leerer Throne und wie gingen die Deutschen damit um? In diesem Band wird erstmals untersucht, welche Spuren diese Institution in de... Read More about Das Erbe der Monarchie: Nachwirkungen einer deutschen Institution seit 1918.

Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath (2008)
Book
Smith, S. C. (Ed.). (2008). Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath. Farnham: Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603889

The nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 triggered one of the gravest international crises since the Second World War. The fiftieth anniversary of the Suez crisis in 2006 presented an ideal opportunity to re-visit and reassess this seminal episo... Read More about Reassessing Suez 1956: new perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath.

Mir Dast (1874-1945) (2008)
Book Chapter
Omissi, D. (2008). Mir Dast (1874-1945). In L. Goldman (Ed.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Online Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref%3Aodnb/96985

When Seve met Bregović: folklore, turbofolk and the boundaries of Croatian musical identity (2008)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2008). When Seve met Bregović: folklore, turbofolk and the boundaries of Croatian musical identity. Nationalities Papers, 36(4), 741-764. https://doi.org/10.1080/00905990802230514

Popular music in Croatia has consistently been a field where the boundaries of national cultural identity are set, contested and transgressed. The most contentious boundaries involve Serbian culture and the abstract "east", to which essentialized nat... Read More about When Seve met Bregović: folklore, turbofolk and the boundaries of Croatian musical identity.

‘Höfisches Retablissement: Der Hof Friedrichs des Großen nach dem Siebenjährigen Krieg', in: Friedrich300 - Colloquien, Friedrich der Große - eine perspektivische Bestandsaufnahme (2008) (2008)
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Biskup, T. (2008). ‘Höfisches Retablissement: Der Hof Friedrichs des Großen nach dem Siebenjährigen Krieg', in: Friedrich300 - Colloquien, Friedrich der Große - eine perspektivische Bestandsaufnahme (2008)

Der Hof blieb auch für Friedrich den Großen unabdingbar, um im höfisch strukturierten Europa des 18. Jahrhunderts Politik machen zu können. Finanzierung, Personaldecke und Infrastruktur des friderizianischen Hofes waren auch im V... Read More about ‘Höfisches Retablissement: Der Hof Friedrichs des Großen nach dem Siebenjährigen Krieg', in: Friedrich300 - Colloquien, Friedrich der Große - eine perspektivische Bestandsaufnahme (2008).

Wild dances and dying wolves : simulation, essentialization, and national identity at the Eurovision Song Contest (2008)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2008). Wild dances and dying wolves : simulation, essentialization, and national identity at the Eurovision Song Contest. Popular Communication, 6(3), 173-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405700802198113

This paper examines Eurovision as a site for the public representation of the nation and explores the tendency towards simulation in such representations. The contest’s transnational audience and implication in commercial practices create pressures t... Read More about Wild dances and dying wolves : simulation, essentialization, and national identity at the Eurovision Song Contest.

The causes of the Thirty Years War 1618-48 (2008)
Journal Article
Wilson, P. H. (2008). The causes of the Thirty Years War 1618-48. English Historical Review, CXXIII(502), 554-586. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cen160

The Thirty Years War (1618-48) was the most destructive conflict in Europe before the twentieth-century world wars. There are several explanations of what caused the war, but these rarely discuss the merits of alternative interpretations, nor do they... Read More about The causes of the Thirty Years War 1618-48.

Book review : Native vote: American Indians, the voting rights act, and the right to vote (2008)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2008). Book review : Native vote: American Indians, the voting rights act, and the right to vote. Journal of American history, 94(4), 1327 - 1328. https://doi.org/10.2307/25095449

Napoleon's second Sacre? Iéna and the ceremonial translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807 (2008)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2008). Napoleon's second Sacre? Iéna and the ceremonial translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807. The Bee and the Eagle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806 (172 - 190). Palgrave

Eine patriotische Transformation des Stadtraums? Königliches Zeremoniell und nationales Ritual um 1800 (2008)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2008). Eine patriotische Transformation des Stadtraums? Königliches Zeremoniell und nationales Ritual um 1800. In C. Sedlarz (Ed.), Die Königsstadt“: Berliner urbane Räume um 1800 (69 - 98). Wehrhahn

'Das Schwert Friedrichs des Großen: Universalhistorische „Größe" und monarchische Genealogie in der napoleonischen Symbolpolitik nach Iéna (2008)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2008). 'Das Schwert Friedrichs des Großen: Universalhistorische „Größe" und monarchische Genealogie in der napoleonischen Symbolpolitik nach Iéna. Das Jahr 1806 in der europäischen Geschichte. Balance, Hegemonie und politische Kulturen (185 - 203). Böhlau

Auf Sand gebaut? Die "Boomstadt" Berlin in der deutschen aufgeklärten Öffentlichkeit des späten 18. Jahrhunderts (2008)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2008). Auf Sand gebaut? Die "Boomstadt" Berlin in der deutschen aufgeklärten Öffentlichkeit des späten 18. Jahrhunderts. Selling Berlin: Imagebildung und Stadtmarketing von der preußischen Residenz bis zur Bundeshauptstadt (59 - 76). Steiner

'Die Vermarktung Berlins in Geschichte und Gegenwart' (Introduction) (2008)
Book Chapter
Biskup, T. (2008). 'Die Vermarktung Berlins in Geschichte und Gegenwart' (Introduction). Selling Berlin: Imagebildung und Stadtmarketing von der preußischen Residenz bis zur Bundeshauptstadt (44440). Steiner

William Marshal and the Mercenariat (2008)
Book Chapter
Crouch, D. (2008). William Marshal and the Mercenariat. Mercenaries and Paid Men: The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages (15 - 32). Brill

A look at attitudes to the mercenary amongst the established aristocracy as viewed through the source of the biography of William Marshal

The Transformation of Medieval Gwent (2008)
Book Chapter
Crouch, D. (2008). The Transformation of Medieval Gwent. The Gwent County History 2, The Age of the Marcher Lords, c.1070-1536, (16803). University of Wales Press

A history and analysis of the establishment of Marcher lordships in Gwent between 1067 and 1245.

King Stephen and Northern France (2008)
Book Chapter
Crouch, D. (2008). King Stephen and Northern France. King Stephen's Reign, 1135-1154 (44 - 57). Boydell

A study of the relations between King Stephen of England (1135-1154), the king of France and the princes of Northern France