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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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The Death of Colin Roach and the Politics of Grief and Anger in Late Twentieth-Century Britain 柯林·罗奇之死与20世纪末英国的悲愤政治

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.5

Stephen Brooke

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“A Lazy Mistress Makes a Lazy Servant”: Domestic Labor and White Creole Womanhood in Jamaica, ca.1865–1938 "懒惰的女主人造就懒惰的仆人"：牙买加的家务劳动和克里奥尔白人妇女，约 1865-1938 年

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.184

Liz Egan

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“Pregnant with the Interests of Life and Death”: Family Correspondence and the British Imperial News Sphere during the 1857 Indian Rebellion “怀着生与死的兴趣”：1857年印度叛乱期间的家庭通信和英国帝国新闻圈

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.1

Ellen Smith

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One British Archive: Creating an Edible Archive 一个英国档案：创建一个可食用的档案

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.188

Ella Hawkins

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Radical Vic: Politics and Performance on the Popular London Stage, ca. 1820–50 激进的维克：政治和表演在流行的伦敦舞台上，约1820-50

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.182

Stephen Ridgwell

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The End of Print: A Roundtable 印刷的终结：圆桌会议

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.187

Nadja Durbach, Tammy Proctor, James G. Clark, Verônica Calsoni Lima, Ramesh Mallipeddi, Cynthia Richards, Richard Menke, Mar Hicks

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Feeling Old in Eighteenth-Century Britain 18世纪英国的老感觉

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.181

Karen Harvey, Sarah Fox

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