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The Invention of the English Historic Town: The Place of Vernacular Architecture, ca . 1780–1850 英国历史城镇的发明：乡土建筑的地方，约。1780 - 1850

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-11 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10267

Rosemary Helen Sweet

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The “Asian Mother and Baby Campaign”: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain “亚洲母婴运动”：20世纪末英国的种族、医疗保健和公民权

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-06-10 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10268

Saima Nasar

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Imperium in Imperio : The Peacetime Commander in Chief as a Linchpin of Colonial Reform 帝国中的帝国：作为殖民地改革关键人物的和平时期最高统帅

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-05-11 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10266

Rachel Banke

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Anxieties of Belonging: Ulster Protestant Migrants and the Troubles in Late Imperial England 归属感的焦虑：阿尔斯特新教移民和帝国晚期英格兰的麻烦

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-04-29 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10229

Barry Hazley, Jack Crangle, Graham Dawson, Liam Harte, Fearghus Roulston

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False Desertion and Fancy Men: Women and Welfare Fraud, 1945–70 虚假遗弃和幻想中的男人：1945-70年的妇女和福利欺诈

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10208

Charlotte Wildman

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Arguing with Catholic Women: Devotion, Polemic, and Female Agency in the Theological Crisis of the 1620s 与天主教妇女争论：1620年代神学危机中的奉献、论战和女性能动性

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-04-07 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10207

Kathryn Marshalek

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Race, Blood, and Soil: Viscount Lymington and Britain’s Homegrown Agrarian Fascism 种族、血统和土地：利明顿子爵和英国本土的农业法西斯主义

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-30 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10205

Kian Aspinall

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Rethinking Periodization, Priorities, and Liberalism in British Queer History 重新思考英国酷儿史的分期、优先顺序与自由主义

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-26 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10206

Charles Upchurch

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“I Am Not Anti Black Music But …”: Popular Music, the NME , and Race in Late Twentieth-Century Britain “我不是反对黑人音乐，而是……”：流行音乐，NME和种族在20世纪后期的英国

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-03-02 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2026.10204

Benjamin Bland

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One British Archive: Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library 一个英国档案：大平原上的书架：堪萨斯大学肯尼斯·斯宾塞研究图书馆的英国和爱尔兰藏品

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Journal of British Studies Pub Date : 2026-02-11 DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2025.10184

Elspeth Healey

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