The colour purpose
Race - The Meaning of Race
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Putting cotton before fish
Water Quality
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Romanity on the frontier
Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier - English Heritage Book of Housesteads - Roman Building Materials and Techniques - The Towns of Roman Britain
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On the verandas of power
The Ilberts in India 1882-1886
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Green thoughts
Terra Nova
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Proxy wars amid the groves
Richard Clogg explains the 1920s case of the London University professor forced to quit by his Greek paymasters and why the saga may be repeated elsewhere Some years ago I looked into the...
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When the melting pot boils over
Riots and Pogroms - Charred Lullabies - Leveling Crowds - The Colors of Violence
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Political potatoes too hot to handle
Student finances and support systems are at the centre of an intense debate again. It has echoes of the 1960s - the preoccupations then were expansion of higher education versus a threat to quality,...
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Character reference in Chinese reforms
Earl Kinmonth (THES, February 3) tries to discredit my views on script reform in China by accusing me of being a decrepit "believer in Mao". Obviously, it is not I but Kinmonth who "seems to be...
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Why China didn't colonise Europe
Guns, Germs and Steel
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Flood of foreign students predicted
Australia is facing a huge expansion in the number of fee-paying foreign students seeking places over the next 15 years, according to a new survey. The study predicts a five-fold increase in overseas...
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Century of heroes in clime of cholera
THE WELLCOME TRUST ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF TROPICAL DISEASES Edited by F. E. G. Cox Wellcome Trust, 452pp, Pounds 35.00 ISBN - 1869835 86 7 As a scientific speciality, tropical medicine is barely 100...
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Christmas myth exploded
THE CAMBRIDGE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MEDICINE Edited by Roy Porter Cambridge University Press 400pp, Pounds 24.95 ISBN - 0 521 4412117 When I was a medical student in the 1950s a distinguished...
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Cultural clues to student guidance
The presence of international students in higher education is becoming a significant economic force in the United Kingdom, especially as the battle for them intensifies with other western...
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The brutal test of civilisation
Inhuman States