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Producing globalisation attempts to scrutinise the nature of the interplay between globalisation and national institutional settings. Rather than taking globalisation as a given, this book explores how concrete political actors produced the phenomenon of globalisation. -- .

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This monograph provides novel methods for writing transnational South Asian art history outside of genealogy. -- .

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This monograph provides novel methods for writing transnational South Asian art history outside of genealogy. -- .

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This book examines the correlations being drawn between notions of progress and pathology across a range of socio-economic cultures in the long nineteenth century. -- .

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A unique account of British and United States government's attempts to adapt their propaganda strategies to global terrorist threats in a post-9/11 media environment -- .

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A unique account of British and United States government's attempts to adapt their propaganda strategies to global terrorist threats in a post-9/11 media environment -- .

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In this illuminating study John M. Mackenzie explores the manifestations of the imperial idea, from the trappings of royalty through writers like G. A. Henty to the humble cigarette card. He shows that it was so powerful and pervasive that it outlived the passing of Empire itself.

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Proscribing peace shows how the listing of armed groups as terrorists has made pre-negotiations harder and more prolonged. Drawing on fieldwork in Colombia during the negotiation with the FARC, Sophie Haspeslagh introduces the concept of linguistic ceasefire which becomes a central pre-condition for the initiation of a peace process.

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Protestant missionary childrens historical lives are examined from the perspectives of parents, churches and children, to reveal complicated existences. This book takes a comparative approach across a range of settings, drawing on oral history, childhood history and histories of emotion. It extends scholarship into the mid-twentieth century.

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This book is about proxy war and the politics of state-wrecking in Afghanistan and examines how proxy war undermined the US-led state-building project in Afghanistan.

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In this book, historians and political scientists show how radically external images of Germany changed over the 20th century, from the 'Prussian military state' to the 'bulwark of liberalism.' They also explore how such images of Germany affected the evolution of international relations theory at some critical junctures. -- .

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This book examines the life and career of popular French psychoanalyst Franoise Dolto (190888). It connects her rise to two broader histories: the dramatic growth of psychoanalysis in postwar France and the long-running debate over the family and the proper role of women in society.

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The book explores the full catalogue of the films produced by the Empire Marketing Board, General Post Office and Crown Film Units between 1930 and 1952. It identifies themes which both reflect the sponsors demands and the anxieties of the time as well as providing the foundations for the post-war Public Information Film.

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Provides a ground breaking and unique analysis of the development of Public Private Partnerships internationally, with a detailed focus on the rationale behind their introduction and outcomes in Ireland. -- .

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This book tells the story of how the unorthodox liberalism of the public sector svengali Stephen Tallents helped reshape public life for a new social, political and technological age. -- .

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An analysis of the Clarendon Commission (1861-64) and the Public School Acts showing their profound importance to the future and development of education in England. -- .

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Why are some groups and individuals seen as problems for public health How does this change over time and place Through a series of case-studies, this collection explores the making of problem publics and their relationship with public health authorities.

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Brings together chapters on the bestseller, detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. The text combines an accessible account of the cultural theories that have informed the study of popular fiction, with readings of authors such as Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper.

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Puma - published for the first time in its intended format - is Anthony Burgess's lost science fiction novel. Set some way into the future, the story details the crushing of the planet Earth by a heavyweight intruder from a distant galaxy - the dreaded Puma. -- .

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Containing short stories, this title presents a romantic amalgam of elements drawn from fairy-tale and folklore, the fantastic and the society tale, serving didactic, satirical and whimsical purposes.

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How do people make judgments about what food is worth eating and what tastes good; how do such judgments come to be shared by groups of people; what social and organisational processes result in foods being certified as of decent or proper quality This book offers some answers to these questions from the perspective of the social sciences.

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A new classroom approach for primary teachers to teach the explicit knowledge of scientific question-asking.

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Detailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945 -- .

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Detailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945 -- .