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Month: March 2015

History

The National Monument of Scotland

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 27, 20151 min read1355 Views

In the November 2014 edition of Architectural Heritage John Gifford explores the history, origin and alternative designs of the National…

History

Guest Blog Post – ‘Centralisation has its draw backs as well as its advantages’.

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 25, 20153 min read845 Views

The Surrounding Burghs’ Resistance to Glasgow’s Municipal Expansion, c. 1869–1912 By the mid-nineteenth century Scotland’s industrial revolution had resulted in…

Cultural Studies

The Absence of God and Its Contextual Significance for Hume

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 23, 20152 min read999 Views

In our featured article this week, “The Absence of God and Its Contextual Significance for Hume”, David Fergusson of the…

History

The Architecture and Impact of the School Boards in Glasgow

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 20, 20152 min read2087 Views

The rapid programme of school building undertaken across Glasgow by the School Boards (1873–1919) left the city with a rich…

Law

Guest Blog – SPS Standards and TBT regulations in Intra-African Trade

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 19, 20154 min read1498 Views

Dr. Onsando Osiemo is currently a legal practioner and researcher in Nairobi, Kenya. His areas of research are in international…

Cultural Studies

‘Don’t pump up the emotion’: The creation and authorship of a sound world in The Wire

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 17, 20152 min read890 Views

The HBO TV series, The Wire, is well known for capturing a realistic slice of Baltimore life in and around…

Language and Literature

War and Christmas

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 13, 201544 sec read1447 Views

Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! [Merry Christmas!] is a picturebook written by two Latvian refugees while displaced during the Second World War. The…

Law

Guest Blog – Organised Crime In Scotland

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 11, 20154 min read1161 Views

Organised crime in Scotland has been characterised (one could say sensationalised) as a blight and a cancer. Despite the best…

Language and Literature

From the Archives – Translation of Children’s Literature in the Soviet Union: How Pinocchio Got a Golden Key

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 9, 20152 min read1483 Views

As well as providing entertainment and a tool for developing children’s reading skills, children’s literature is also a powerful instrument…

Cultural History

The Red Menace

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 6, 20151 min read1016 Views

The article “British Conservatives, the Red Menace and Antiforeign Agitation in China, 1924–1927” in our journal Cultural History looks at…

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