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Languages of History, Histories of Language 历史语言，语言历史

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-26 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad015

John Gallagher, Purba Hossain

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Is paradise a democracy? The heavenly city as political paradigm, c .1145–55 天堂是民主吗?作为政治范例的天堂之城(约1145 - 155年

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad014

Peter Jones

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The Disenchantment of Chiromancy: Reading Modern Hands from Palmistry to Genetics Chiromancy的魅力：从手相学到遗传学解读现代手

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad011

Alison Bashford

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The Indian Muslim Salariat and The Moral and Political Economies of Usury Laws in Colonial India, 1855–1914 1855-1914年，印度穆斯林的工资和殖民地印度高利贷法的道德和政治经济

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad013

Michael O’Sullivan

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A Work Out of Time: Religion and the Decline of Magic at Fifty 过时的作品:五十岁时的宗教与魔法的衰落

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-18 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad012

Jan Machielsen, Michelle Pfeffer

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Solitude and Soul in Restoration Britain 英国复辟时期的孤独与灵魂

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad007

Barbara Taylor

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The National Negro Business League and the Economic Life of Black Entrepreneurs 全国黑人商业联盟和黑人企业家的经济生活

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad005

Ronny Regev

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Assembling India’s Constitution: Towards a New History 印度宪法的制定:走向新的历史

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-05-02 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad009

Rohit De, Ornit Shani

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Flows of History 历史的流动

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad004

Tamara Fernando, Felice Physioc, Alexis Rider

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Correction: Petition and response as social process: Royal power, justice and the people in late medieval Castile (c.1474–1504) 作为社会过程的请愿和回应:中世纪晚期卡斯蒂利亚的王权、正义和人民(c.1474-1504)

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-04-20 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad010

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