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Peter John Love (1947–2023) 彼得·约翰·洛夫(1947-2023)

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.26

Andrew Moore

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LABOUR HISTORY REFEREES 劳动史裁判

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.28

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Forced Labour, Indenture and Convict Transportation: A Case Study of the Western Australian Pastoral Industry, 1830–50 强迫劳动、契约和罪犯运输:1830 - 1850年西澳大利亚牧业的个案研究

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.19

Jeremy Martens

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The Fragility of Governmentality and Domination: The State, Carceral Labour and “(In)docile Resistance” in the Late Ottoman Empire 统治和统治的脆弱性:奥斯曼帝国晚期的国家、奴隶劳动和“(不)温顺的抵抗”

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.24

Kadir Yildirim, Yakup Akkuş

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British Colonialism and Prison Labour in Inter-War Palestine 二战期间巴勒斯坦的英国殖民主义和监狱劳工

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.23

Semih Gökatalay

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Paying Aboriginal Rural Workers: Racism, the Labour Market and Worker Agency 支付土著农村工人:种族主义，劳动力市场和工人机构

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.20

Christina Lawrence, Jennifer Jones

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“At Work, in Hospital, or in Gaol”: Women in British Guiana’s Jails, 1838–1917 《在工作、在医院、或在监狱》:1838-1917年英属圭亚那监狱中的妇女

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.21

Estherine Adams

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The Unreliable Witness: Clarence Dakin, ASIO, and Espionage 《不可靠的证人:克拉伦斯·达金、ASIO和间谍

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.25

Phillip Deery

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The Colonial Ambiguities of Military Labour on the Penal Frontier: The Newcastle Penal Station 1804–24 军事劳工在刑事边境的殖民模糊性:1804 - 1824年纽卡斯尔刑事站

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Labour History Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI: 10.3828/labourhistory.2023.22

Tamsin O’Connor

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Australian Society for the Study of Labour History 澳大利亚劳工史研究学会