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Interpretive approaches and the study of Italian politics (2004)
Journal Article
Newell, J. (2004). Interpretive approaches and the study of Italian politics. Modern Italy, 9(2), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/1353294042000304983

This article asks why, despite their doubtful utility, the categories used in accounts of contemporary Italian politics are almost universally negative in character. It is suggested that at least part of the explanation has to do with the ontological... Read More about Interpretive approaches and the study of Italian politics.

Research into the second language acquisition of French: Achievements and challenges (2004)
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Towell, R. (2004). Research into the second language acquisition of French: Achievements and challenges. Journal of French Language Studies, 14(3), 357-375. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095926950400184X

This final article re-examines the approaches outlined in the other articles in this Special Issue in order to evaluate the contribution which each one has brought to the study of the second language acquisition of French. The final section identifie... Read More about Research into the second language acquisition of French: Achievements and challenges.

Was there a 'Boney' Fuller after the Second World War? Major-General J.F.C.Fuller as military theorist and commentator, 1945-1966 (2004)
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Searle, D. (2004). Was there a 'Boney' Fuller after the Second World War? Major-General J.F.C.Fuller as military theorist and commentator, 1945-1966. War in History, 11(3), 327-357. https://doi.org/10.1191/0968344504wh303oa

The historiography to date on Major-General J.F.C. Fuller has created the impression that his career as a military theorist gradually petered out in the latter half of the 1930s, and that after the Second World War the former enfant terrible devoted... Read More about Was there a 'Boney' Fuller after the Second World War? Major-General J.F.C.Fuller as military theorist and commentator, 1945-1966.

Love, honour, and duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745) (2004)
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Jung, S. (2004). Love, honour, and duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745). https://doi.org/10.2307/3738502

James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda juxtaposes notions of heroic drama with the mid-eighteenth-century sentimentalism of individuality and self-determination. The tragedy centres on the conflict between Siffredi, the late King's adviser, and Tancr... Read More about Love, honour, and duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745).

Preparing for office: Lord Curzon as acting Foreign Secretary, 1919 (2004)
Journal Article
Johnson, G. (2004). Preparing for office: Lord Curzon as acting Foreign Secretary, 1919. Contemporary British History, 18(3), 53-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/1361946042000259305

Curzon succeeded Balfour as Foreign Secretary in October 1919. However, during Balfour's absence from London during the Paris Peace Conference, Curzon was responsible for a substantial amount of the decision-making on British foreign policy. Curzon's... Read More about Preparing for office: Lord Curzon as acting Foreign Secretary, 1919.

Holocaust hotline anger in Poland (2004)
Journal Article
Bekerman, M. (2004). Holocaust hotline anger in Poland

With more survivors of the Holocaust dying out, the Simon Wiesenthal centre has opened a hotline in several countries, including Poland, to get in touch with potential witnesses to WW2 war crimes. Seen by many as the last dash to chase war criminals... Read More about Holocaust hotline anger in Poland.

'Stranger and Stranger' : Alice and Dodgson in Katie Roiphe's Still She Haunts Me. (2004)
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Armitt, L. (2004). 'Stranger and Stranger' : Alice and Dodgson in Katie Roiphe's Still She Haunts Me. Women: A Cultural Review, 15(2), 167-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/0957404042000234024

HISTORICAL fiction offers women writers and their female protagonists a way into history through the back door, into that masculinized history traditionally characterized, in the words of Angela Carter, by a conspicuous ‘paucity of historical referen... Read More about 'Stranger and Stranger' : Alice and Dodgson in Katie Roiphe's Still She Haunts Me..

The London Ambassadorship of David K.E. Bruce during the Wilson-Johnson years, 1964-68 (2004)
Journal Article
Colman, J. (2004). The London Ambassadorship of David K.E. Bruce during the Wilson-Johnson years, 1964-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592290490448852

Using recently released sources, this article offers a fresh perspective on the London ambassadorship of David K. E. Bruce in the years of Harold Wilson and Lyndon Johnson, 1964–68. Bruce's running of the US Embassy is examined, as are his views of t... Read More about The London Ambassadorship of David K.E. Bruce during the Wilson-Johnson years, 1964-68.

Shifting paradigms: from a communicative to a context-based approach (2004)
Journal Article
Jarvis, H., & Atsilarat, S. (2004). Shifting paradigms: from a communicative to a context-based approach

This paper offers a critical examination of the communicative approach (CA) with specific reference to a study of the teaching and learning experiences of a group of Thai university practitioners and students. It is argued that although the fundament... Read More about Shifting paradigms: from a communicative to a context-based approach.

Poetry in residence (2004)
Journal Article
Hurley, U. (2004). Poetry in residence. Neon highway, 20-20

Local political leadership: Nordic style (2004)
Journal Article
Goldsmith, M., & Larsen, H. (2004). Local political leadership: Nordic style. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28(1), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0309-1317.2004.00506.x

In a context where changes brought about by globalization and Europeanization, and where local governments increasingly operate in a governance mode, different countries place increasing stress on the importance of strong local leadership. This artic... Read More about Local political leadership: Nordic style.

Investigating the classroom applications of computers on EFL courses at higher education institutions (2004)
Journal Article
Jarvis, H. (2004). Investigating the classroom applications of computers on EFL courses at higher education institutions. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 3(2), 111-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeap.2003.08.002

This paper begins by documenting the positive contribution of English as a Foreign\-
Second Language (EFL\ESL) to computers in language learning and teaching and then proposes
a general framework, applicable in a range of contexts, for investigatin... Read More about Investigating the classroom applications of computers on EFL courses at higher education institutions.

A more pragmatic bilateral relationship : an analysis of India-U.S. relations after the Iraqi war (2004)
Journal Article
Wu, F. (2004). A more pragmatic bilateral relationship : an analysis of India-U.S. relations after the Iraqi war. Nanya yanjiu jikan, 119(1), 55-59

After the Iraq War, despite the differences between India and the United States, the strategic partnership between the two countries has continued to develop, especially the defense cooperation relationship has developed significantly. This is becaus... Read More about A more pragmatic bilateral relationship : an analysis of India-U.S. relations after the Iraqi war.