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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.

Performance features in clinical skills assessment: Linguistic and cultural factors in the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners examination (2014)
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Roberts, C., Atkins, S., & Hawthorne, K. (2014). Performance features in clinical skills assessment: Linguistic and cultural factors in the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners examination. King's College London with The University of Nottingham

This book is based on research looking at performance in clinical skills assessment from a linguistic and cultural perspective, with a view to understanding why there are such differential pass rates and giving suggestions on how this issue can be... Read More about Performance features in clinical skills assessment: Linguistic and cultural factors in the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners examination.

Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion (2014)
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Crouch, C. (2014). Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion. Atlanta, Georgia: SBL Press

Crouch focuses on Deuteronomy’s subversive intent, asking what would be required in order for Deuteronomy to successfully subvert either a specific Assyrian source or Assyrian ideology more generally. The book reconsiders the nature of the relationsh... Read More about Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion.

Human Rights and Public Finance: Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights (2014)
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O'Connell, R., Harvey, C., & Nolan, A. (Eds.). (2014). Human Rights and Public Finance: Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights. Hart Publishing

This edited collection addresses some of the most important challenges in contemporary human rights law and practice. Its central theme is the linkage between public finance, particularly budget decisions, and the realisation (or not) of economic and... Read More about Human Rights and Public Finance: Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights.

Prostitution and the ends of empire: scale, governmentalities, and interwar India (2014)
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Legg, S. (2014). Prostitution and the ends of empire: scale, governmentalities, and interwar India. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822376170

fficially confined to red-light districts, brothels in British India were tolerated until the 1920s. Yet, by this time, prostitution reform campaigns led by Indian, imperial, and international bodies were combining the social scientific insights of s... Read More about Prostitution and the ends of empire: scale, governmentalities, and interwar India.

The Globalization of Executive Search: Professional Services Strategy and Dynamics in the Contemporary World (2014)
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Beaverstock, J. V., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hall, S. J. (2014). The Globalization of Executive Search: Professional Services Strategy and Dynamics in the Contemporary World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315771427

Executive search, headhunting, is now one of the archetypal new knowledge intensive professional services, as well as a labor market intermediary bound up with globalization. In this book, the authors examine the key actors in the process of executiv... Read More about The Globalization of Executive Search: Professional Services Strategy and Dynamics in the Contemporary World.

The American President in Film and Television: Myth, Politics and Representation (2014)
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Frame, G. (2014). The American President in Film and Television: Myth, Politics and Representation. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

As evidenced by the election of celebrity and reality television star Donald Trump, popular culture has played a vital role in the conceptualisation of political leadership. This revised edition of The American President in Film and Television explor... Read More about The American President in Film and Television: Myth, Politics and Representation.

Climate change and poverty: a new agenda for developed nations (2014)
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Fitzpatrick, T. (2014). Climate change and poverty: a new agenda for developed nations. Policy Press

Climate change and poverty offers a timely new perspective on the 'ecosocial' understanding of the causes, symptoms and solutions to poverty and applies this to recent developments across a number of areas, including fuelpoverty, food poverty, housin... Read More about Climate change and poverty: a new agenda for developed nations.

Women and sex work in Cambodia: Blood, sweat and tears (2014)
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Sandy, L. (2014). Women and sex work in Cambodia: Blood, sweat and tears. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315762777

© 2014 Larissa Sandy. All rights reserved. Prostitution is strongly embedded in local cultural practices in Cambodia. Based on extensive original research, this book explores the nature of prostitution in Cambodia, providing explanations of why the p... Read More about Women and sex work in Cambodia: Blood, sweat and tears.