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“A Colony to Themselves”: Scottish Highland Settler Colonialism in British North America, 1770–1804 "自己的殖民地"：苏格兰高地定居者在英属北美的殖民主义，1770-1804 年

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2023.141

S. Karly Kehoe, Ciaran O'Neill

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The Making and Unmaking of a Presidency: Envisioning Empire in British Bencoolen, 1685–1825 一个总统职位的诞生与解体：1685-1825 年英国本库伦的帝国构想

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2023.142

Tiraana Bains

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One British Archive: Archives of Dissent: Complicating Anti-colonial Histories through the Watson Commission (Gold Coast/Ghana) 一个英国档案馆异议档案：通过沃森委员会复杂化反殖民历史（黄金海岸/加纳）

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.60

Jennifer Hart

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Past! Future! In Extreme!: Looking for Meaning in the “New Romantics,” 1978–82 过去！未来！在极端中！在 "新浪漫主义 "中寻找意义，1978-1982 年

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.57

Matthew Worley

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British Humanitarianism, Indigenous Rights, and Imperial Crises: Assessing the Membership Base of the Aborigines’ Protection Society, 1840–73 英国人道主义、土著权利和帝国危机：评估 1840-73 年原住民保护协会的成员基础

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.1

Darren Reid

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Sara Caputo. Foreign Jack Tars: The British Navy and Transnational Seafarers during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Modern British Histories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 320. $99.99 (cloth). 萨拉-卡普托外国杰克-塔斯：The British Navy and Transnational Seafarers during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.Modern British Histories.剑桥：剑桥大学出版社，2023 年。Pp.320.99.99美元（布）。

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-25 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2023.240

S. LeJacq

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Alan Meades. Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade. Game Histories Cambridge: MIT Press, 2022. Pp. 336. $30.00 (paper). Alan Meades.Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade.游戏史剑桥：麻省理工学院出版社，2022 年。Pp.336.30.00 美元（纸质版）。

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-24 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.48

Alex Wade

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Helen Johnston, Barry Godfrey and David J. Cox. Penal Servitude: Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment, 1853–1948 States, People, and the History of Social Change. London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. Pp. 272. $130.00 (cloth). 海伦-约翰斯顿、巴里-戈弗雷和大卫-J-考克斯。Penal Servitude：罪犯和长期监禁，1853-1948 年国家、人民和社会变迁史》。伦敦：London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.第 272 页。130.00 美元（布）。

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-19 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.52

Clare Anderson

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Militant cynicism: Rethinking Private Eye in postwar Britain, ca. 1960–80 激进的犬儒主义反思战后英国的《私家侦探》，约 1960-80 年

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-19 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.5

Tom Crook

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The Popular Politics of Local Petitioning in Early Modern England 现代早期英格兰地方请愿的大众政治

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2024.4

Brodie Waddell

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