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The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 (2020)
Journal Article
Fisher, J. (2020). The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. The Maghreb review. Majallat al-Maghrib, 45(3),

As British Ambassador at Constantinople during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, Austen Henry Layard was the proverbial ‘man on the spot’: an emissary, on the fringes of empire, entrusted to defend Britain’s informal empire in the Near East. Layard’s fo... Read More about The forward view: Austen Henry Layard and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877.

Dielectric elastomer pump for artificial organisms (2011)
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Rossiter, J. M., Bowers, A. E., Walters, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2011). Dielectric elastomer pump for artificial organisms. Proceedings of SPIE, 7976, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880440

This paper presents a bio-inspired, dielectric elastomer (DE) based tubular pumping unit, developed for eventual use as a component of an artificial digestive tract onboard a microbial fuel cell powered robot (EcoBot). The pump effects fluid displace... Read More about Dielectric elastomer pump for artificial organisms.

Distinguishing between political brokerage & political entrepreneurship (2011)
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Ingold, K., & Christopoulos, D. (2011). Distinguishing between political brokerage & political entrepreneurship. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 10, 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.01.006

How can we distinguish between political brokers and political entrepreneurs within political space? Examining the role of individual agents, we can identify a number of definitional weaknesses in the entrepreneurship and leadership literature. This... Read More about Distinguishing between political brokerage & political entrepreneurship.

The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone (2010)
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Shaw, I. S. (2010). The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone. Journal of Global Ethics, 6(3), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2010.524799

A leading scholar of humanitarian intervention, Brown (2002) refers to British internal politics to satisfy the influential church and other non-conformist libertarian community leaders, and above all 'undermining Britain's competitors, such as Spain... Read More about The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Women as paid organizers and propagandists for the British Labour Party between the wars (2010)
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Hannam, J. (2010). Women as paid organizers and propagandists for the British Labour Party between the wars. International Labor and Working-Class History, 77(1), 69-88. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0147547909990251

This article contributes to recent debates about the complicated ways in which women involved in the interwar British Labour Party negotiated their political identities through an examination of the activities and aims of a neglected group, the paid... Read More about Women as paid organizers and propagandists for the British Labour Party between the wars.

Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward (2008)
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Jarvis, R. (2008). Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward. European Romantic Review, 19(2), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509580802030441

Wordsworth's Stepping Westward, one of the Poems Written During a Tour in Scotland included in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807), has received little critical attention compared with its companion tour poem, The Solitary Reaper. This essay offers a fresh... Read More about Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward.

'Nature takes no notice of morality': Singleness and married love in interwar Britain (2002)
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Holden, K. (2002). 'Nature takes no notice of morality': Singleness and married love in interwar Britain. Women's History Review, 11(3), 481-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612020200200332

This article draws attention to the dominance of marriage during the twentieth century and the strain this institution was, and still is, under. This is achieved by focusing upon the single as a problematic category in the context of interwar Britain... Read More about 'Nature takes no notice of morality': Singleness and married love in interwar Britain.