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Weaponizing Death: Harassing the Clergy in Thirteenth-Century England 武器化死亡：13世纪英格兰神职人员的骚扰

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-10 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10272

Sara Margaret Butler

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FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World: Ambivalent Independence: Scottish Dissent, Parliamentary Reform, and Britain's American Revolution 论坛:1776。英国世界的观点：矛盾的独立：苏格兰的异议、议会改革和英国的美国革命

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-07-31 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10278

Tom Cutterham

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“Women, Where Are Your Jobs Going?”: Feminism and the Problem of Unemployment in Thatcher’s Britain “女人们，你们的工作将何去何从？”：女权主义与撒切尔时代英国的失业问题

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-07-27 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10271

Natalie Thomlinson

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FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World: From Secession to Status: 1776 and the Politics of Subordinate Sovereignty in the British World 论坛:1776。英国世界的观点：从分裂到地位：1776年与英国世界的从属主权政治

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-07-22 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10276

Nguyen Truong Giang

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FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World: The Death of William Pitt and British Patriotism 论坛:1776。英国世界观：威廉·皮特之死与英国爱国主义

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-07-21 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10274

Amy Watson

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FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World. Ambivalent Independence: The US Declaration in Hemispheric Perspective 论坛:1776。来自英国世界的观点。矛盾的独立：半球视角下的美国独立宣言

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-07-20 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10273

Eric Hinderaker, Rebecca Horn

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Killer Dust in the Classroom: Asbestos in Schools and the Urban-Environmental Politics of Risk in 1980s London 教室里的杀手粉尘：20世纪80年代伦敦学校的石棉和城市环境风险政治

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-07-17 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10270

Adam Page

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FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World. The Declaration of Independence through Jewish Eyes: The American Revolution as a Site for Self-Making 论坛:1776。来自英国世界的观点。《犹太人眼中的独立宣言：美国革命作为自我创造的场所》

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-07-13 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10275

Jamie L. Bronstein

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“Captured at Sea”: Maritime Conflict and the Circulation of Art in Early Modern Britain “海上俘虏”：近代早期英国海上冲突与艺术流通

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-15 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10256

Rebecca Earle

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FORUM: 1776. Views from the British World: Teaching the Declaration of Independence as Imperial History 论坛:1776。英国世界的观点：把《独立宣言》当作帝国历史来教授

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-15 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10269

Michelle Elizabeth Tusan

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