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The Making of a Gentleman and a Detective: Tales of Crime, Respectability, and Surveillance from a Colonial Metropolis 《绅士与侦探的成长:来自殖民大都会的犯罪、体面与监视故事》

IF 0.8 2区历史学

Journal of Social History Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shad035

Anindita Ghosh

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Not Special People: Lesbian and Gay Men’s Encounters with the East Berlin Government, 1983–90 不是特别的人:女同性恋和男同性恋与东柏林政府的相遇，1983 - 1990

IF 0.8 2区历史学

Journal of Social History Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shad038

Jason Johnson

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Yerba Mate: The Drink that Shaped a Nation. By Julia J.S. Sarreal Guaraná: How Brazil Embraced the World's Most Caffeine-Rich Plant. By Seth Garfield 马黛茶:塑造一个国家的饮料。作者:Julia J.S. Sarreal guarana:《巴西如何接受世界上最富含咖啡因的植物》。赛斯·加菲尔德

IF 0.8 2区历史学

Journal of Social History Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shad048

Ana María Otero-Cleves

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Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism. By Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way 革命与独裁:持久威权主义的暴力起源。作者:Steven Levitsky和Lucan Way

IF 0.8 2区历史学

Journal of Social History Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shad047

W. Booth

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Strength from the Waters. A History of Indigenous Mobilization in Northwest Mexico. By James V. Mestaz The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro. Four Centuries of Extractivism in a Small Mexican Mining Town. By Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert 来自众水的力量。墨西哥西北部原住民动员史。詹姆斯·梅斯塔兹《圣佩德罗三人之死》墨西哥矿业小镇四个世纪的采掘。作者:Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert