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Tony Harrison and the Holocaust (2001)
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Rowland, A. (2001). Tony Harrison and the Holocaust. Liverpool University Press

This book argues that Tony Harrison’s poetry is barbaric. It revisits one of the most misquoted passages of twentieth-century philosophy: Theodor Adorno’s apparent dismissal of post-Holocaust poetry as ‘impossible’ or ‘barbaric’. His statement is rei... Read More about Tony Harrison and the Holocaust.

Parties and democracy in Italy (2000)
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Newell, J. (2000). Parties and democracy in Italy. Dartmouth Publishing

A guide to the changing place of political parties within the Italian political system, seeking to shed light on how the parties operate and their role in the country's politics. Starting from a recognition of the traditional centrality of parties in... Read More about Parties and democracy in Italy.

An Anglo-German dialogue : the Munich lectures on the history of international relations (2000)
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(2000). A. Birke, M. Brechtken, & D. Searle (Eds.), An Anglo-German dialogue : the Munich lectures on the history of international relations. Munich: K. G. Saur

"An Anglo-German Dialogue" presents fifteen essays by leading British acadmics on various aspects of British foreign policy and Anglo-German relations from 1848 to the present day. The title of the volume reflects the fact that all these essays were... Read More about An Anglo-German dialogue : the Munich lectures on the history of international relations.

Women's work in Britain and France: Practice, theory and policy (2000)
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Gregory, A., & Windebank, J. (2000). Women's work in Britain and France: Practice, theory and policy. London: Macmillan

This book is a ground-breaking retheorization of what constitutes "progress in gender relations." It shows that French women, although having more full-time and continuous careers and greater social policy support, retain as great a responsibility fo... Read More about Women's work in Britain and France: Practice, theory and policy.

Fortunes of the firefly: Sciascia's art of detection (1996)
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Ania, G. (1996). Fortunes of the firefly: Sciascia's art of detection. Market Harborough, UK: University Texts / Troubador

Two of the principal features of Leonardo Sciascia’s works are the treatment of historical events and the adoption of the techniques of the detective novel. It is the latter characteristic which is the object of this study, for which I shall examine... Read More about Fortunes of the firefly: Sciascia's art of detection.

Terraces : a choreography
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Thurston, S. Terraces : a choreography. Co. Tipperary: Beir Bua press

This eighty poem sequence emerges as the latest product of my eighteen-year enquiry into the relationship between dance and poetry. I think of it as a kind of written choreography, or kinepoetics – a term I’ve adapted from the dance scholar Suzanne B... Read More about Terraces : a choreography.

The Second World War and the Baltic States
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Corum, J. J. Corum, O. Mertelsmann, & K. Pirimae (Eds.), The Second World War and the Baltic States. Frankfurt a.M. Germany: Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-04447-8

This volume places the history of the Second World War and the Baltic states into a multidisciplinary and international perspective. It includes contributions from the fields of diplomacy, strategy, military operations, intelligence and propaganda. I... Read More about The Second World War and the Baltic States.

Analyzing social media data and web networks
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(2014). M. Cantijoch, M. Gibson, & S. Ward (Eds.), Analyzing social media data and web networks. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137276773

As governments, citizens and organizations have moved online there is an increasing need for academic enquiry to adapt to this new context for communication and political action. This adaptation is crucially dependent on researchers being equipped... Read More about Analyzing social media data and web networks.