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Careerism, Status Quo Bias, and the Politics of Congressional Apportionment 职业主义、现状偏见和国会分配的政治

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000034

Jason M. Roberts

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Land of the Freeholder: How Property Rights Make Local Voting Rights 自由人的土地:产权如何产生地方投票权

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000018

K. Einstein, Maxwell Palmer

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State Trust Lands and Natural Resource Use in the US Northwest 美国西北部的国家信托土地和自然资源利用

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000041

E. Alston, Steven M. Smith

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Congress and the Political Economy of the Indian Removal Act 国会与印第安人迁移法案的政治经济学

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000052

J. Jenkins, T. Gray

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Inequalities in Vote by Mail for Native Americans in the US West: The Historical Political Economy of Postal Service in Northeastern Arizona 美国西部印第安人邮寄投票的不平等:亚利桑那州东北部邮政服务的历史政治经济学

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000040

Melissa Rogers, J. Schroedel, Joseph Dietrich

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Old South, New Deal: How the Legacy of Slavery Undermined the New Deal 旧南方，新政:奴隶制的遗产如何破坏新政

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000016

Soumyajit Mazumder

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Slavery, Political Attitudes and Social Capital: Evidence from Brazil 奴隶制、政治态度和社会资本:来自巴西的证据

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000014

F. Seyler

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Slavery, Elections and Political Affiliations in Colombia 哥伦比亚的奴隶制、选举和政治派别

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000011

Ali Ahmed, Marcus Johnson, Mateo Vásquez-Cortés

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Rivalry and Empire: How Competition among European States Shaped Imperialism 竞争与帝国:欧洲国家之间的竞争如何塑造了帝国主义

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000028

Jan P. Vogler

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The Library of Babel: How (and How Not) to Use Archival Sources in Political Science 巴别塔图书馆:如何(以及如何不)在政治学中使用档案资源

Journal of Historical Political Economy Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1561/115.00000038

Alexander Lee

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