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People and place: The extraordinary geographies of everyday life (2000)
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Holloway, L., & Hubbard, P. (2000). People and place: The extraordinary geographies of everyday life. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315838694

An innovative introduction to Human Geography, exploring different ways of studying the relationships between people and place, and putting people at the centre of human geography. The book covers behavioural, humanistic and cultural traditions, show... Read More about People and place: The extraordinary geographies of everyday life.

A Commonwealth vulnerability index for developing countries: the position of small states (2000)
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Atkins, J. P., Mazzi, S., & Easter, C. D. (2000). A Commonwealth vulnerability index for developing countries: the position of small states. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848597167-en

There is growing international recognition that high economic exposure, remoteness, isolation and proneness to natural disasters all have a debilitating effect on small economies, despite the fact that some of them exhibit relatively high per capita... Read More about A Commonwealth vulnerability index for developing countries: the position of small states.

Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918 (1999)
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Omissi, D. (1999). Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27283-9

Indian soldiers served in France from 1914 to 1918. This book is a selection of their letters. By turns poignant, funny, and almost unbearably moving, these documents vividly evoke the world of the Western Front - as seen through 'subaltern' Indian e... Read More about Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918.

Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964 (1999)
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Killingray, D., & Omissi, D. (Eds.). (1999). Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964. Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526121462

For imperialists, the concept of guardian is specifically to the armed forces that kept watch on the frontiers and in the heartlands of imperial territories. Large parts of Asia and Africa, and the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean were imperi... Read More about Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964.

Popular politics and British anti-slavery: The mobilisation of public opinion against the slave trade 1787-1807 (1998)
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Oldfield, J. R. (1998). Popular politics and British anti-slavery: The mobilisation of public opinion against the slave trade 1787-1807. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203061794

In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth... Read More about Popular politics and British anti-slavery: The mobilisation of public opinion against the slave trade 1787-1807.

The Politics of Social Policy in Europe (1997)
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Mullard, M., & Lee, S. (Eds.). (1997). The Politics of Social Policy in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

The Politics of Social Policy in Europe analyses and critically assesses tensions and uncertainties which are haunting social policy provision throughout Europe in the 1990s. The expansion in social expenditures associated with the 1950s and 1970s ha... Read More about The Politics of Social Policy in Europe.

Writing a textbook: how to establish yourself as an academic author (1997)
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Reah, D., & Grubb, P. (1997). Writing a textbook: how to establish yourself as an academic author. (Paperback). How To Books

Textbooks are tools of the trade for many groups, for example students, teachers and researchers. Many people may have the knowledge and ability to write a textbook, but the time consuming mechanics of the whole process deters them. The aim of this b... Read More about Writing a textbook: how to establish yourself as an academic author.

The Political Economy of Modern Britain (1997)
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Cox, A., Lee, S., & Sanderson, J. (1997). The Political Economy of Modern Britain. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

The Political Economy of Modern Britain provides an original discussion of Britain’s relative economic decline since World War Two and offers approaches to overcome this poor economic performance.

Detailed and comprehensive, this book has three ba... Read More about The Political Economy of Modern Britain.

The Sepoy and the Raj: The Indian Army, 1860-1940 (1994)
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Omissi, D. (1994). The Sepoy and the Raj: The Indian Army, 1860-1940. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14768-7

This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twenty years, and the only one based on extensive archival research. The Indian Army conquered India for the British, and protected the Raj against its enemies within and without. In this evocative... Read More about The Sepoy and the Raj: The Indian Army, 1860-1940.