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TEXTBOOKAnthropology and DevelopmentCulture, Morality and Politics in a GlobalisedWorldEmma Crewe & Richard AxelbyAn overview of the insights anthropologists offer onaid and development. The authors uncover thecultures and concepts that shape the way peopleengage in aid and suggest new moral and politicalpossibilities for an increasingly globalised world.PBTX9780521184724 272pp £ 19.99HistoryExpanding Frontiers in South Asianand World HistoryEssays in Honour of John F. RichardsRichard M. Eaton, Munis D. Faruqui,David Gilmartin & Sunil Kumar (Eds.)This volume celebrates the work of Professor JohnF. Richards (d. 2007), a historian who significantlychanged our understanding of the Mughals,medieval Deccan and environmental history.Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and WorldHistory has brought together eminent scholars ofSouth Asian and Global History, who werecolleagues and associates of Professor John F.Richards to discuss themes that marked his work asa historian in an academic career spanning almostforty years. It encapsulates discussions under therubric of 'frontiers' in multiple contexts - frontiers andstate building; frontiers and environmental change;cultural frontiers; frontiers, trade and drugs; andfrontiers and world history. It reflects at once, in thespirit of Professor Richards' own work, a concern forlarge-scale global processes as well as for thedetailed specificities of each historical case.HBA9781107034280 380pp ` 795.00Fighting the Mau MauThe British Army and Counter-Insurgencyin the Kenya EmergencyHuw BennettFor the first time Huw Bennett examines theconduct of British Army soldiers during theircounterinsurgency activities in Kenya's Mau Maurebellion in the 1950s. He uncovers the uneasyrelationship between official notions of minimumforce and colonial traditions of using exemplaryforce to terrorise the civilian population intosubmission.Foundations of Modern InternationalThoughtDavid ArmitageIn this insightful and wide-ranging work, DavidArmitage advances the burgeoning field ofinternational intellectual history. He combinesimportant methodological essays with originalscholarship that examines afresh the contribution ofleading figures such as Hobbes, Locke, Burke andBentham to the history of international thought.PBTX9780521001694 311pp £ 17.99The Foundations of Modern TerrorismState, Society and theDynamics of Political ViolenceMartin A. MillerRanging from early modern Europe to thecontemporary Middle East, this is a groundbreakinghistory of the roots of modern terrorism. MartinMiller integrates the violence of governments andinsurgencies for the first time, revealing how closelythey are linked in their behaviour and tactics.PBTX9781107621084 306pp £ 18.99PoliticsAlliance Formation in Civil WarsFotini ChristiaThis book explains why Afghan warring groupsconstantly aligned with and double-crossed eachother and develops a theory on behaviors inmultiparty civil wars in general. It shows intergroupalliances and intra-group fractionalization aredetermined by the distribution of relative poweramong warring groups, rather than ethnicity, race,ideology or religion.PBTX9781107683488 352pp $ 28.99PBTX9781107656246 290pp £ 18.99Cambridge University Press India Private Limited 2