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A Quest of a Book: Searching for the Meaning of A Great Transformation 一本书的探索:寻找伟大变革的意义

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.37743/sah.136.12

Sang Jun Kim

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Entertaining the Troops before and after Liberation: Comfort Groups and Military Arts Troupes 解放前和解放后的娱乐部队:慰安团和军事艺术团

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.37743/sah.136.8

Jin-A Lee

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Joseon Studies(朝鮮學) and Colonial Higher Education Joseon Studies(朝鲜学) and Colonial Higher Education

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.37743/sah.136.5

H. Yun

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Constructing the National Body: Research on Korean Growth Standards During the Colonial Period 建构国家主体:殖民时期韩国成长标准研究

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.37743/sah.136.2

Jiyoung Park

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Mapping Oysters and Making Oceans in the Northern Indian Ocean, 1880–1906 1880-1906年绘制北印度洋牡蛎地图和制造海洋

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-11-23 DOI: 10.1017/S001041752200038X

T. Fernando

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Peaceful Wars and Unlikely Unions: The Azhar Strike of 1909 and the Politics of Comparison in Egypt 和平战争与不可能的工会:1909年爱资哈尔罢工与埃及的比较政治

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-11-09 DOI: 10.1017/S0010417522000366

Aaron G. Jakes

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Defining Victimhood: The Political Construction of a “Victim” Category in Colombia’s Congress, 2007–2011 定义受害者：哥伦比亚国会“受害者”类别的政治建构，2007-2011

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-11-08 DOI: 10.1017/S0010417522000433

Kristin Foringer

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Black Police Power: The Political Moment of the Jamaica Constabulary 黑人警察权力:牙买加警察的政治时刻

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-10-28 DOI: 10.1017/S0010417522000421

Eilat Maoz

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The Illusion of Abstraction 抽象的幻觉

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-10-28 DOI: 10.1017/S0010417522000378

Martha Lampland

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“Why don’t I forgive? They didn’t ask for forgiveness!”: Manich Msamah and Tunisia’s Politics of Unforgiveness “我为什么不原谅？他们没有请求原谅！”：Manich Msamah和突尼斯的不原谅政治

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Comparative Studies in Society and History Pub Date : 2022-10-28 DOI: 10.1017/S0010417522000408

J. E. Rigg

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