2区历史学

Americas Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1017/tam.2023.56

Sabrina Smith

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From Red Professor to Provost: An Interview with John Coatsworth 从红色教授到教务长:采访约翰·科茨沃思

2区历史学

Americas Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.1017/tam.2023.58

Paul Gootenberg, Eric Zolov

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In Memoriam: Ralph Lee Woodward Jr., 1934–2022 纪念:小拉尔夫·李·伍德沃德，1934-2022

2区历史学

Americas Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1017/tam.2023.3

Robert H. Holden

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Kongomania and the Numbers Game 游戏狂和数字游戏

2区历史学

Americas Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1017/tam.2023.64

John Thornton

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Envisioning Empire from Inside the United States: Exile, Constitutional Monarchism, and Ethnic Conflict in Post-Independence Mexico 从美国内部展望帝国:独立后墨西哥的流亡、君主立宪制和种族冲突

2区历史学

Americas Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1017/tam.2023.63

Nicolás Alejandro González Quintero

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In Memoriam: Jaime E. Rodríguez O. (1940–2022) 纪念:Jaime E. Rodríguez O. (1940-2022)

2区历史学

Americas Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/tam.2022.100

Barbara A. Tenenbaum

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In Memoriam: Ann Margaret Wightman (1950–2021) 纪念:安·玛格丽特·怀特曼(1950-2021)

2区历史学

Americas Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/tam.2022.94

Kenneth J. Andrien

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Witnesses to Freedom: Paula's Enslavement, Her Family's Freedom Suit, and the Making of a Counterarchive in the South Atlantic World 《自由的见证:宝拉的奴役，她家人的自由诉讼，以及南大西洋世界反档案的建立》