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Jaime el Barbudo and Robin Hood: bandit narratives in comparative perspective (2011)
Journal Article
Dodds, B. (2011). Jaime el Barbudo and Robin Hood: bandit narratives in comparative perspective. Social History, 36(4), 464-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/03071022.2011.617115

In a famous scene in a medieval Robin Hood rhyme, Robin invites the king, who is disguised as a monk, to dinner. Before they begin the meal Robin summons his gang by blowing on his horn and 140 men arrive, kneeling before their master. The king is im... Read More about Jaime el Barbudo and Robin Hood: bandit narratives in comparative perspective.

Tramp: Sentiment and the Homeless Man in the Late-Victorian and Edwardian City (2011)
Journal Article
Strange, J.-M. (2011). Tramp: Sentiment and the Homeless Man in the Late-Victorian and Edwardian City. Journal of Victorian Culture, 16(2), 242-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/13555502.2011.589683

The recent rehabilitation of sentiment as a topic worthy of scholarly engagement tends to focus on the work of Adam Smith and early to mid-Victorian visual and literary cultures. Focusing on the League of Welldoers, a Liverpool charity that catered f... Read More about Tramp: Sentiment and the Homeless Man in the Late-Victorian and Edwardian City.

Paying 'buckets of blood' for the land: moral debates over economy, war and state in Southern Sudan (2011)
Journal Article
Leonardi, C. (2011). Paying 'buckets of blood' for the land: moral debates over economy, war and state in Southern Sudan. Journal of Modern African Studies, 49(2), 215-240. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x11000024

This paper challenges the prevailing focus on ethnic division and conflict in Southern Sudan in recent years, demonstrating that even within ethnically divisive debates over land, there are shared, transethnic levels of moral concern. These concerns... Read More about Paying 'buckets of blood' for the land: moral debates over economy, war and state in Southern Sudan.

The politics of oil in eastern Africa (2011)
Journal Article
Anderson, D. M., & Browne, A. J. (2011). The politics of oil in eastern Africa. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 5(2), 369-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2011.573187

After many years in which the potential for the development of the petroleum industry in eastern Africa has been largely ignored, the last five years has seen a resurgence of interest in oil exploration across the region. Long characterised as a “ris... Read More about The politics of oil in eastern Africa.