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1. Educational Assessment and Evaluation

   Edited by Harry Torrance

   Assessment and evaluation are crucial aspects of any educational system and rarely can they have been so central to educational policy-making and the reform of schooling as at the present time. (The introduction of the National Curriculum and Testing system in the UK and the test-based ‘No Child...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-48972-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora

   Edited by Joya Chatterji, David Washbrook

   South Asia’s diaspora is among the world’s largest and most widespread, and it is growing exponentially. In 2001, the government of India estimated that 20 million persons of Indian descent live abroad; and many more millions have roots to other countries of the subcontinent, in Pakistan,...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-48010-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Pragmatics II

   Edited by Asa Kasher

   A new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Pragmatics II is a four-volume collection of the very best scholarship on pragmatics. It is an essential successor collection to the editor’s Pragmatics (6 vols.) (978-0-415-11734-0), published in 1998 and described...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-47795-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Fashion

   Edited by Malcolm Barnard

   Over the last forty years or so academic interest in fashion has burgeoned, and, since the 1970s at least, attempts to define, analyse, and critically explain fashion phenomena have become vital areas of research and study in almost all disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. As...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-46233-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Routledge Handbook of Indian and South Asian History

   Edited by Crispin Bates

   This Handbook presents key issues in Indian and South Asian history from earliest time to 1947, with an emphasis on the modern period since 1600. Written by experts in their respective areas, the Handbook introduces the reader to the field. The book is structured chronologically and highlights...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-48978-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century

   Edited by Eric Haralson

   With contributions from over 100 scholars, this encyclopedia provides essays on the careers, works, and backgrounds of more than 100 nineteenth-century poets. It also provides entries on specialized categories of twentieth-century verse such as hymns, folk ballads, spirituals, Civil War songs, and...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-89076-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century

   Edited by Eric Haralson

   "Concise and well-written essays." - Choice "A valuable tool for students interested in 20th-century American poetry.' - Booklist/RBB This volume contains over 400 entries that treat a broad range of individual poets and poems, along with many articles devoted to topics, schools, or periods of...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-89077-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics

   Edited by Atul Kohli, Prerna Singh

   India’s growing economic and socio-political importance on the global stage has triggered an increased interest in that country. Scholars, policy analysts, students and the curious layperson alike are keen to gain a basic understanding of the ways in which the world’s largest democracy functions....

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-77685-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   A Dictionary of Ethnic Conflict

   By Rajat Ganguly

   Containing approximately 500 entries, this detailed Dictionary provides authoritative and up-to-date information on ethnic groups involved in conflict. Entries are provided for current ethnic hotspots, irredentist claims, secessionist movements as well as major peace accords, with clear and concise...

   June 2011 | 978-1-85743-059-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Routledge Handbook of Central Asian Politics

    Edited by Reuel R. Hanks

    Since achieving independence in 1991, the five states of Central Asia have increasingly gained geopolitical, economic and strategic significance. There are several reasons for the region’s rise in importance. Geographic location, at the intersection of Russia, South Asia, China and the...

    May 2011 | 978-0-415-77676-9 | Hardback (Routledge)