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Composing and Narrating Black Memories of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Jamaica and England in 1990s Birmingham 20世纪90年代牙买加和英国性与生殖健康黑色记忆的创作与叙述

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.10122

George J. Severs

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Capturing the World: Exhibition Trophies, Ethnography, and Displays of Imperial Power 《夺取世界：展览奖杯、民族志和帝国权力的展示》

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-08-04 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.15

Amy Woodson-Boulton

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“A Bold Experiment in the Technique of Administration”: Nutrition Science and Development in the Gambia, 1946–50 “管理技术的大胆实验”：1946 - 1950年冈比亚的营养科学与发展

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.32

Arnaud Page

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In Search of Ned: A Zulu Man in Mid-Victorian Britain 寻找内德：维多利亚时代中期英国的一个祖鲁人

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.33

R. J. Knight, Esme Cleall

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Buying People Is Wrong 收买人是错误的

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.12

Carolyn Steedman

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One British Archive: The Medieval Londoners Database 一个英国档案：中世纪伦敦人数据库

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.36

Maryanne Kowaleski

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One British Archive: ExtraORDINARY Women at Belfast’s Linen Hall Library 英国档案馆：贝尔法斯特亚麻布馆图书馆的杰出女性

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.37

Bruce Wade Hodell

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Ruins of War into Memorials of Reconciliation: Coventry Cathedral and the Dresden Frauenkirche, 1940–2010 从战争废墟到和解纪念碑：考文垂大教堂和德累斯顿圣母教堂，1940-2010

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.6

Stefan Goebel

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The Scholarly Business of Corporations and Slavery: Political Fault Lines of the Economic History of Empire 公司与奴隶制的学术交易：帝国经济史的政治断层线

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.4

Priya Satia

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“Paper Oathes”: Trust, Treaty, and the Road to Regicide in England, 1642–49 “纸上的誓言”：信任、条约与英格兰弑君之路，1642 - 1649

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.7

William White

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