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Tibetan (1993)
Book Chapter
Denwood, P. (1993). Tibetan. In R. E. Asher, & J. M. Y. Simpson (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics. Pergamon Press

The rhythmic organisation of North Indian classical music: Tal, lay and laykari. (1993)
Thesis
Clayton, M. The rhythmic organisation of North Indian classical music: Tal, lay and laykari. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

North Indian (Hindustani) classical music is remarkable for both the sophistication and the diversity of its rhythmic organisation. Rhythm and metre are controlled by a number of concepts which, although developed over the course of many centuries, h... Read More about The rhythmic organisation of North Indian classical music: Tal, lay and laykari..

Packaged weddings, packaged brides : The Japanese ceremonial occasions industry. (1993)
Thesis
Goldstein-Gidoni, O. Packaged weddings, packaged brides : The Japanese ceremonial occasions industry. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is concerned with the Japanese Ceremonial Occasions industry, and in particular with contemporary Japanese weddings which are viewed as commercialized productions for a highly consumerist society. The study is mainly based on anthropologi... Read More about Packaged weddings, packaged brides : The Japanese ceremonial occasions industry..

European newspaper reviewing of African literature in the 1980s. (1993)
Thesis
Spiga, G. European newspaper reviewing of African literature in the 1980s. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This piece of research aims at analysing newspaper reviews of African literature in four European countries (Great Britain, France, Spain and Italy) in the 1980s. It also aims at demonstrating that the figure of the so-called 'committed' reviewer sti... Read More about European newspaper reviewing of African literature in the 1980s..

Preface to the first edition in Spanish (1993)
Book Chapter
Poole, N. (1993). Preface to the first edition in Spanish. In W. G. Grubb (Ed.), Un Pueblo Desconocido en Tierra Desconocida (first published in English in 1911 as 'An Unknown People in an Unknown Land', Seely and Co, London) (vi-vii). Iglesia Anglicana and the Centro de Estudios Antropológicos de la Universidad Católica

Irrigation design and African farming systems (1993)
Book Chapter
Dia, I. S., & Mollinga, P. (1993). Irrigation design and African farming systems. In J. Ubels, & L. Horst (Eds.), Irrigation design in Africa. Towards an interactive method (22-40). The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA)

Contesting the resource: The politics of forest management in colonial Burma. (1993)
Thesis
Bryant, R. L. Contesting the resource: The politics of forest management in colonial Burma. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the politics of forest management in colonial Burma. Chapter 1 establishes the theoretical and analytical concerns of the study. Chapter 2 describes the laissez-faire practices in early colonial Tenasserim which resulted in the d... Read More about Contesting the resource: The politics of forest management in colonial Burma..

The political economy of the South African industrialisation: The role of the minerals-energy complex. (1993)
Thesis
Rustomjee, Z. Z. R. The political economy of the South African industrialisation: The role of the minerals-energy complex. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis provides an original interpretation of the trajectory of South Africa's post-war industrialisation by emphasising the role played by the economy's Minerals-Energy Complex (MEC). The MEC is viewed as a system of accumulation, encompassing... Read More about The political economy of the South African industrialisation: The role of the minerals-energy complex..