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Naturmenschen? Alexander von Humboldt and Indigenous People Naturmenschen吗?亚历山大·冯·洪堡和土著人民

Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.3390/histories3040022

Joachim Eibach

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Images of Nature: Introduction to the Special Issue 自然影像:特刊导言

Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.3390/histories3040023

Jon Mathieu

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Title Pending 10559 标题待定10559

Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.16995/ah.10559

Nancy Demerdash

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The Toynbee Affair at 100: The Birth of ‘World History’ and the Long Shadow of the Interwar Liberal Imaginaire 汤因比事件100周年:“世界历史”的诞生和两次世界大战之间自由想象的漫长阴影

Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.3390/histories3040021

Arie M. Dubnov

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Title Pending 10332 标题待定

Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.16995/ah.10332

Anne Hultzsch, Sol Pérez Martínez

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Barcelona, Naples and Salonika: Ethnic and Civic Nationalism in Three Mediterranean Port Cities (1888–1915) 巴塞罗那、那不勒斯和萨洛尼卡:三个地中海港口城市的种族和公民民族主义(1888-1915)

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Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.3390/histories3030020

D. Conversi

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The Singapore Stone: Documenting the Origins, Destruction, Journey and Legacy of an Undeciphered Stone Monolith 新加坡石:记录一块未破译的巨石的起源、破坏、旅程和遗产

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Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-09-03 DOI: 10.3390/histories3030019

Kelvin Cahya Yap, Tony (Wenyao) Jiao, Francesco Perono Cacciafoco

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Unravelling the Mystery of the Singapore Stone: A Comparative Analysis with the Calcutta Stone and the Possible Kawi Connection 揭开新加坡石之谜:加尔各答石与卡威可能的关联之比较分析

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Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.3390/histories3030018

I-Shiang Lee, Francesco Perono Cacciafoco

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Daniel Sennert’s Corpuscularian Reforms to Natural Philosophy 丹尼尔·塞纳特的《自然哲学的微粒主义改革

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Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-08-16 DOI: 10.3390/histories3030017

G. Müller

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Title Pending 10573 标题待定10573

Architectural Histories Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.16995/ah.10573

Tamara I. Sears

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