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1688 and 1888: Victorian Society and the Bicentenary of the Glorious Revolution 1688年和1888年:维多利亚社会和光荣革命200周年

The Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2011-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/661209

Edmund Rogers

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Avril A. Powell. Scottish Orientalists and India: The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire. Worlds of the East India Company. Woodbridge: Boydell, 2010. Pp. 318. $115.00 (cloth).

The Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2011-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/661018

Lynn Zastoupil

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William Perkins, “Atheisme,” and the Crises of England’s Long Reformation 威廉·珀金斯，《无神论》与英国长期宗教改革的危机

The Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2011-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/661199

Leif Dixon

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David Edwards, Pádraig Lenihan, and Clodaigh Tait, eds. Age of Atrocity: Violence and Political Conflict in Early Modern Ireland . Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2010. Pp. 320. $35.00 (paper). David Edwards, Pádraig Lenihan和Clodaigh Tait编辑。《暴行时代:近代早期爱尔兰的暴力与政治冲突》都柏林:四法院出版社，2010。320页。35.00美元(纸)。

The Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2011-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/660948

D. Hall

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Cordelia Moyse. A History of the Mothers’ Union: Women, Anglicanism and Globalisation, 1876–2008 . Studies in Modern British Religious History. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2009. Pp. 289. $90.00 (cloth). 科迪莉亚Moyse。《母亲联盟的历史:1876-2008年妇女、英国国教和全球化》英国近代宗教史研究。伍德布里奇:博伊德尔出版社，2009年。289页。90.00美元(布)。

The Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2011-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/661001

Barbara J. Blaszak

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Christine Kinealy. War and Peace: Ireland since the 1960s. London: Reaktion Books, 2010. Pp. 414. $40.00 (cloth). 克里斯汀Kinealy。《战争与和平:1960年代以来的爱尔兰》。伦敦:Reaktion Books, 2010。414页。40.00美元(布)。

The Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2011-10-01 DOI: 10.1086/661016

B. Girvin