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Fact-Checking Journalism and Political Argumentation: A British Perspective (2019)
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Birks, J. (2019). Fact-Checking Journalism and Political Argumentation: A British Perspective. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30573-4

This timely book examines the role of fact-checking journalism within political policy debates, and its potential contribution to public engagement. Understanding facts not to operate in a political vacuum, the book argues for a wide remit for fact-... Read More about Fact-Checking Journalism and Political Argumentation: A British Perspective.

Citizen Refugee: Forging the Indian Nation after Partition (2018)
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Sen, U. (2018). Citizen Refugee: Forging the Indian Nation after Partition. Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348553

This innovative study explores the interface between nation-building and refugee rehabilitation in post-partition India. Relying on archival records and oral histories, Uditi Sen analyses official policy towards Hindu refugees from eastern Pakistan t... Read More about Citizen Refugee: Forging the Indian Nation after Partition.

Natural History: Heritage, Place and Politics (2017)
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WILSON, R. (2017). Natural History: Heritage, Place and Politics. London and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315597515

The concept of ’natural heritage’ has become increasingly significant with the threat of dwindling resources, environmental degradation and climatic change. As humanity’s impact on the condition of life on earth has become more prominent, a discernib... Read More about Natural History: Heritage, Place and Politics.

The Language of the Past (2016)
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Wilson, R. (2016). The Language of the Past. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

The Language of the Past analyzes the use of history in discourses within the political, media and the public sphere. It examines how particular terms, phrases and allusions first came into usage, developed and how they are employed today. To speak o... Read More about The Language of the Past.

New York and the First World War: Shaping an American City (2014)
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Wilson, R. (2014). New York and the First World War: Shaping an American City. London and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315598215

The First World War constitutes a point in the history of New York when its character and identity were challenged, recast and reinforced. Due to its pre-eminent position as a financial and trading centre, its role in the conflict was realised far so... Read More about New York and the First World War: Shaping an American City.