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Surviving the agricultural periphery: Climatic resilience and livestock production in pre-industrial central Scandinavia

IF 1.3 2区历史学

Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2025.02.006

Martin Karl Skoglund

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Where amenity and modernity collided: The Lake District national park and West Cumberland's atomic coast

IF 1.3 2区历史学

Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2025.02.005

Gary Willis

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Obituary: Cole Harris

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Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2025.02.004

Stephen J. Hornsby

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Obituary: Joseph (Joe) Michael Powell, 1938–2022

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Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2024.12.007

Roy Jones

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Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2024.11.009

Stephanie Rutherford

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IF 1.3 2区历史学

Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2024.12.004

Michael P. Conzen

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Oceanopolítica: Therezinha de Castro and the use of maps in the geopolitics of the sea

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Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2024.12.002

André Reyes Novaes, Mariana Lamego

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IF 1.3 2区历史学

Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2024.12.003

Carme Montaner

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Obituary: P. Thankappan Nair (1933–2024)

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Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2025-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2024.11.008

Kunaljeet Roy

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IF 1.3 2区历史学

Journal of Historical Geography Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2024.10.002

Werner Stangl

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