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From Zouaves Pontificaux to the volontaires de l'Ouest: Catholic volunteers and the French Nation, 1860-1910 (2018)
Journal Article
Simpson, M. (2018). From Zouaves Pontificaux to the volontaires de l'Ouest: Catholic volunteers and the French Nation, 1860-1910. Annales canadiennes d'histoire / Canadian Journal of History, 53(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjh.ach.53.1.01

This article examines the French papal zouaves, volunteers who fought for the defence of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope in the decade 1860-1870, and their successors, the irregular Volunteers of the West. The latter was a volunteer force formed... Read More about From Zouaves Pontificaux to the volontaires de l'Ouest: Catholic volunteers and the French Nation, 1860-1910.

Modern literature (2010)
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Johnston, M., Creasy, M., Saunders, G., D'Monte, R., Bentley, N., Randall, B., …Jaffe, A. (2010). Modern literature. Year's Work in English Studies, 89(1), 790-901. https://doi.org/10.1093/ywes/maq015

Review of work written about pre-1950 British drama during 2006

Ansel Adams and George Waters: Photographer and printer (2008)
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Hammond, A. (2008). Ansel Adams and George Waters: Photographer and printer. History of Photography, 32(1), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/03087290701723238

Ansel Adams's photographic career was paralleled by his desire to achieve the finest quality of photomechanical reproduction of his images for his many fine printed books. For thirty years, he relied upon letterpress halftone to recreate the aestheti... Read More about Ansel Adams and George Waters: Photographer and printer.

The prevalence of 'life planning': Evidence from UK graduates (2008)
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Everett, G., & Brooks, R. (2008). The prevalence of 'life planning': Evidence from UK graduates. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 29(3), 325-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425690801966410

At a time when 'personal development planning' is being rolled out across the UK higher education sector, this paper explores young adults' inclinations to plan for the future in relation to work, relationships and other aspects of life. Although Gid... Read More about The prevalence of 'life planning': Evidence from UK graduates.

War, industrial mobilisation and society in Northern Ireland, 1939-1945 (2007)
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Ollerenshaw, P. (2007). War, industrial mobilisation and society in Northern Ireland, 1939-1945. Contemporary European History, 16(2), 169-197. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777307003773

Archive-based regional studies can contribute much that is new to the economic, political and social history of the Second World War. This paper considers the process of industrial mobilisation in Northern Ireland, a politically divided region which... Read More about War, industrial mobilisation and society in Northern Ireland, 1939-1945.

Conflict, ambivalence, and the contested purpose of public organizations (2006)
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Hoggett, P. (2006). Conflict, ambivalence, and the contested purpose of public organizations. Human Relations, 59(2), 175-194. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726706062731

This article argues that public organizations are inherently more complex than private ones. Their complexity derives from two sources. The public sphere is the site for the continuous contestation of public purposes and this means that questions reg... Read More about Conflict, ambivalence, and the contested purpose of public organizations.

Imaginary widows: Spinsters, marriage, and the "Lost generation" in Britain after the great war (2005)
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Holden, K. (2005). Imaginary widows: Spinsters, marriage, and the "Lost generation" in Britain after the great war. Journal of Family History, 30(4), 388-409. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363199005275836

This article argues that the status of spinster was associated with widowhood in the decades after the First World War in Britain, an association that is still active in our collective memory. Widely publicized census statistics suggesting that a who... Read More about Imaginary widows: Spinsters, marriage, and the "Lost generation" in Britain after the great war.

The 'milch-cow state' revisited: Republican politics in the Aveyron (2005)
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Simpson, M. (2005). The 'milch-cow state' revisited: Republican politics in the Aveyron. Historical Journal, 48(3), 743-768. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X05004644

This article examines the 'republicanization' of the Aveyron under the Third Republic, exploring issues of the practice and meaning of politics in this rural département. I look at the impact of the Republic's efforts to secularize education and ask... Read More about The 'milch-cow state' revisited: Republican politics in the Aveyron.

Imperial Rhodesians: The 1953 Rhodes centenary exhibition in Southern Rhodesia (2005)
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Shutt, A. K., & King, T. (2005). Imperial Rhodesians: The 1953 Rhodes centenary exhibition in Southern Rhodesia. Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(2), 357-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070500109573

Reviewing the Rhodes Centenary Exhibition (RCE) of 1953, this article focuses on three interrelated themes in post-war Southern Rhodesia. First, significant post-war immigration challenged the state to educate new white Rhodesians on the founding myt... Read More about Imperial Rhodesians: The 1953 Rhodes centenary exhibition in Southern Rhodesia.

Britain and the 'hand-over' of Italian war criminals to Yugoslavia, 1945-48 (2004)
Journal Article
Pedaliu, E. G. (2004). Britain and the 'hand-over' of Italian war criminals to Yugoslavia, 1945-48. Journal of Contemporary History, 39(4), 503-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009404046752

This article focuses on British policy towards the treatment of alleged Italian war criminals at the end of the second world war and, in particular, those requested by Yugoslavia for extradition. It reveals that far from conspiring to shield Italians... Read More about Britain and the 'hand-over' of Italian war criminals to Yugoslavia, 1945-48.

The European Trade Union Confederation at the crossroads of change? Traversing the variable geometry of European trade unionism (2004)
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Mathers, A., & Taylor, G. (2004). The European Trade Union Confederation at the crossroads of change? Traversing the variable geometry of European trade unionism. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 10(3), 267-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680104047021

There are growing indications that the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is undergoing a shift in strategic orientation from an exclusive focus on institutional 'social partnership' within the European Union towards a more campaigning 'social... Read More about The European Trade Union Confederation at the crossroads of change? Traversing the variable geometry of European trade unionism.

'Language no obstacle': War brides in the German press, 1945-49 (2003)
Journal Article
Esser, R. (2003). 'Language no obstacle': War brides in the German press, 1945-49. Women's History Review, 12(4), 577-603. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612020300200375

German war brides are an essential part in the cultural memory of post-war West Germany. This study sheds some light on the representation of war brides in German newspapers and magazines published in the American and British zones between 1945/46 an... Read More about 'Language no obstacle': War brides in the German press, 1945-49.

Show Your Real Face: A Fan Study of the UK Big Brother transmissions (2000, 2001, 2002). Investigating the boundaries between notions of consumers and producers of factual television (2003)
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Jones, J. M. (2003). Show Your Real Face: A Fan Study of the UK Big Brother transmissions (2000, 2001, 2002). Investigating the boundaries between notions of consumers and producers of factual television. New Media and Society, 5(3), 400-421. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448030053006

This audience research was designed to interrogate the UK fans of Big Brother so as to present evidence that might shed light on the audience's understanding of the 'reality' in this form of reality television. Using quantitative and qualitative data... Read More about Show Your Real Face: A Fan Study of the UK Big Brother transmissions (2000, 2001, 2002). Investigating the boundaries between notions of consumers and producers of factual television.

Lexical Richness in the Spontaneous Speech of Bilinguals (2003)
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Daller, H., Van Hout, R., & Treffers-D Aller, J. (2003). Lexical Richness in the Spontaneous Speech of Bilinguals. Applied Linguistics, 24(2), 197-222+267. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/24.2.197

The focus of the present paper is on the measurement of lexical richness. Lexical richness is often measured either by the traditional type-token ratio (TTR) or by its square root variant, the index of Guiraud. The disadvantages of these measures, es... Read More about Lexical Richness in the Spontaneous Speech of Bilinguals.

Second Language Figurative Proficiency: A Comparative Study of Malay and English (2002)
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Charteris-Black, J. (2002). Second Language Figurative Proficiency: A Comparative Study of Malay and English. Applied Linguistics, 23(1), 104-133+156. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/23.1.104

This paper explores the potential of cognitive linguistic notions such as conceptual metaphor and conceptual metonym for comparing the figurative phraseologies of English and Malay and anticipating second language learner difficulty. A comparative an... Read More about Second Language Figurative Proficiency: A Comparative Study of Malay and English.