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Recalling the Pomp and Populism of the 1822 Commission to the Californias 回顾 1822 年加利福尼亚委员会的盛况和民粹主义

IF 0.3 3区历史学

WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-05-25 DOI: 10.1093/whq/whae025

Aaron Brick

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Introducing the Euro-Invasion Conflict Database 1513–1901 介绍 1513-1901 年欧洲入侵冲突数据库

IF 0.3 3区历史学

WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1093/whq/whae002

Kevin Bales, Christine Annerfalk

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The Smallpox Chiefs: Bioterrorism and the Exercise of Power in the Pacific Northwest 天花酋长：西北太平洋地区的生物恐怖主义与权力行使

IF 0.3 3区历史学

WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI: 10.1093/whq/whae001

John Sutton Lutz, Keith Thor Carlson

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Patterns of Plunder: Corruption and the Failure of the Indian Reservation System, 1851–1887 掠夺模式:1851-1887年印第安保留地制度的腐败与失败

IF 0.3 3区历史学

WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1093/whq/whad124

Ryan Hall

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Wide-Open Desert: A Queer History of New Mexico. By Jordan Biro Walters 开阔的沙漠:新墨西哥的奇怪历史。乔丹·比罗·沃尔特斯著

3区历史学

WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1093/whq/whad148

Nikita Shepard

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Segregation Made Them Neighbors: An Archaeology of Racialization in Boise, Idaho. By William A. White III 种族隔离使他们成为邻居:爱达荷州博伊西的种族化考古。威廉·a·怀特三世著

3区历史学

WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1093/whq/whad135

Edward González-Tennant

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Hydronarratives: Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition. By Matthew S. Henry 水叙事:水、环境正义和公正的过渡。作者:马修·s·亨利