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The Power of the Anecdotal: Enlightening Work Practices in Premodern Eurasia using Word and Image 轶事的力量：前现代欧亚大陆运用文字和图像的启发性工作实践

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1017/s002085902510059x

Danielle van den Heuvel

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The Mutualist Universe and the Politics of Dignity: A Perspective from Skilled Workers at the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867 互惠主义的宇宙和尊严的政治：从技术工人的视角在巴黎世界博览会，1867年

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100710

Samuel Boscarello

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The Militarization of Labour Politics in Interwar South Asia: Paramilitaries and Claims-Making among Bombay’s Textile and Dalit Workers, c.1920–1940 两次世界大战之间南亚劳工政治的军事化：孟买纺织工人和达利特工人中的准军事组织和索赔，c.1920-1940

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100771

Zaen Alkazi

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Who Moves the Sugar Frontier? A Comment on The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years by Ulbe Bosma: Suggestions and Debates: The World of Sugar and the Commodity Frontiers Perspective 谁在开拓糖的边界？《糖的世界：2000多年来，甜的东西如何改变了我们的政治、健康和环境》，乌尔贝·博斯马的评论：建议和辩论：糖的世界和商品前沿的观点

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100667

Allan Souza Queiroz

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Historical Materialist Anthropology and The World of Sugar: Cross-Disciplinary Research Agendas: Suggestions and Debates: The World of Sugar and the Commodity Frontiers Initiative 历史唯物主义人类学和糖的世界：跨学科的研究议程：建议和辩论：糖的世界和商品前沿倡议

IF 0.8 2区历史学

International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100643

Patrick Neveling

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The World of Sugar and the Commodity Frontiers Perspective: An Introduction 《糖的世界与商品边疆》导论

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100655

Ulbe Bosma

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The World of Sugar and Its Implications for Agrarian and Environmental Justice 糖的世界及其对农业和环境正义的影响

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1017/s002085902510062x

Sylvia Kay

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“The Best of Both Worlds”: Two Methodological Approaches to Work and Labour Relations in Early Nineteenth-Century Västerås “两个世界的最好”：19世纪早期工作和劳资关系的两种方法论方法Västerås

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100552

Karin Hofmeester, Maria Ågren, Jonas Lindström

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Investigating Agricultural Labour through Commodity Frontiers, Environment, and Im/mobility 通过商品边界、环境和人口流动调查农业劳动力

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100679

Claudia Bernardi

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A Note on Sugar in Nineteenth-Century South India: Suggestions and Debates: The World of Sugar and the Commodity Frontiers Initiative 19世纪南印度的糖：建议和辩论：糖的世界和商品前沿倡议

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International Review of Social History Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1017/s0020859025100631

Prasannan Parthasarathi

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