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Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies (2017)
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Chiva, M. (2017). Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-01177-0

This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout... Read More about Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe’s new democracies.

Poems for the dance (2017)
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Thurston, S. (2017). Poems for the dance. Llangattock, Powys: Aquifer Books

Containing an essay, and poems, occasioned by the author’s engagement with Five Rhythms and other improvised dance and movement practices over more than a decade, Poems for the Dance is a multi-faceted enquiry into the relationship between poetry and... Read More about Poems for the dance.

Olive Schreiner and African Modernism : allegory, empire and postcolonial writing (2017)
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Munslow Ong, J. (2017). Olive Schreiner and African Modernism : allegory, empire and postcolonial writing. New York and Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315677507

This book works across established categories of modernism and postcolonialism in order to radically revise the periods, places and topics traditionally associated with anti-colonialism and aesthetic experimentation in African literature. The book is... Read More about Olive Schreiner and African Modernism : allegory, empire and postcolonial writing.

The changing spaces of television acting : from studio realism to location realism in BBC television drama (2017)
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Hewett, R. (2017). The changing spaces of television acting : from studio realism to location realism in BBC television drama. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Spanning the 1950s to the present day, The changing spaces of television is both a historical overview and a then-and-now comparison of performing for British television drama. By examining changing acting styles from distinct eras of television prod... Read More about The changing spaces of television acting : from studio realism to location realism in BBC television drama.

Music/video : histories, aesthetics, media (2017)
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(2017). G. Arnold, D. Cookney, K. Fairclough, & M. Goddard (Eds.), Music/video : histories, aesthetics, media. Bloomsbury Academic

This book is a lively, comprehensive and timely reader on the music video, capitalising on cross-disciplinary research expertise, which represents a substantial academic engagement with the music video, a mediated form and practice that still remains... Read More about Music/video : histories, aesthetics, media.

The story of Manchester (2017)
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Woodman, D. (2017). The story of Manchester. Stroud: The History Press

Manchester is noted for the ‘Industrial Revolution’ – its factories, working-class people and urban development all based around its production of cotton textiles. But this is not the complete story. Manchester has always been a more vibrant place wh... Read More about The story of Manchester.

Applied theatre : creative ageing (2017)
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McCormick, S. (2017). M. Balfour, & S. Preston (Eds.), Applied theatre : creative ageing. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Applied Theatre: Creative Ageing examines the complex social, political and cultural needs of a diverse group in our society and asks how contemporary applied theatre responds to those needs. For the first time, this publication allows an examination... Read More about Applied theatre : creative ageing.

Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918 (2017)
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Hall, B. (2017). Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316771747

This is an important new study examining the military operations of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914–18 through the lens of its communications system. Brian Hall charts how new communications technology such as wireless, telephone and telegrap... Read More about Communications and British Operations on the Western Front, 1914-1918.

John Major : an unsuccessful Prime Minister? (2017)
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Williams, B., & Hickson, K. (2017). B. Williams, & K. Hickson (Eds.), John Major : an unsuccessful Prime Minister?. Biteback Publishing

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of one of the most momentous general elections this country has ever seen. John Major’s defeat in 1997 ended a record eighteen years of Tory government, prompting accusations of failure and ignominy. A con... Read More about John Major : an unsuccessful Prime Minister?.

Hegemony and Resistance around the Iranian Nuclear Programme : Analysing Chinese, Russian, and Turkish foreign policies (2017)
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Pieper, M. (2017). Hegemony and Resistance around the Iranian Nuclear Programme : Analysing Chinese, Russian, and Turkish foreign policies. London and New York: Routledge

This book is the first to provide comprehensive and comparative analyses to conceptualise the interaction between ‘hegemonic structures’ and those actors resisting them using the Iranian nuclear case as an illustration. It analyses the foreign polici... Read More about Hegemony and Resistance around the Iranian Nuclear Programme : Analysing Chinese, Russian, and Turkish foreign policies.

Documenting performance : the context and processes of digital curation and archiving (2017)
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Sant, T. (2017). T. Sant (Ed.), Documenting performance : the context and processes of digital curation and archiving. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Performance in the digital age has undergone a radical shift in which a once ephemeral art form can now be relived, replayed and repeated. Until now, much scholarship has been devoted to the nature of live performance in the digital age; Documenting... Read More about Documenting performance : the context and processes of digital curation and archiving.

Design against crime : a human-centred approach to designing for safety and security (2017)
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Davey, C., & Wootton, A. (2017). R. Cooper (Ed.), Design against crime : a human-centred approach to designing for safety and security. Abington, Oxford: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315576565

Design Against Crime will aid the design profession to meet the challenges presented by the competing needs and complex systems around crime and security. It proposes that designers should use their creative talents to develop innovative solutions to... Read More about Design against crime : a human-centred approach to designing for safety and security.

Armoured warfare : a military, political and global history (2017)
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Searle, D. (2017). Armoured warfare : a military, political and global history. London: Bloomsbury Academic

This book charts the history of armoured warfare from the first use of the tank in 1916 right through to the 21st century, adopting military, political and global perspectives. Alaric Searle explores the origins of the tank, its role in the First Wor... Read More about Armoured warfare : a military, political and global history.

Music/video (2017)
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Fairclough, K., & Goddard, M. (2017). Music/video. Bloomsbury Academic USA

The military papers and correspondence of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, 1916-1933 (2017)
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Searle, D. (2017). D. Searle (Ed.), The military papers and correspondence of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, 1916-1933. Stroud: The History Press

The contribution of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller to military thought cannot be understood without studying his military career closely from December 1916, with his transfer to the Heavy Branch, Machine-Gun Corps, to his retirement in December 1933. Wh... Read More about The military papers and correspondence of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, 1916-1933.