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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

IF 1.8 1区历史学

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

IF 1.8 1区历史学

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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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与回应:中世纪晚期卡斯蒂利亚的王权、正义与人民(c.1474-1504)

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-04-12 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad003

Yanay Israeli

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Gold Rushes, Universities and Globalization, 1840–1910 淘金热、大学和全球化，1840-1910

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-04-12 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtac042

Caitlin Harvey

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Electricity, Agency and Class in Lagos Colony, C.1860s–1914 拉各斯殖民地的电力、代理和阶级，1860年代至1914年

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad001

Adewumi Damilola Adebayo

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The Uprooting of Indigenous Women’s Horticultural Practices in Brazil, 1500–1650 1500-1650年，巴西土著妇女园艺实践的根除

1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtac047

Jessica O’Leary

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Doubt and the dislocation of magic: France, 1790–1940 怀疑与魔法的错位:法国，1790-1940

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-02-16 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad002

William G Pooley

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The Cave Mission of 1876 and Britain’s Imperial Information Strategies 1876年的洞穴使命与英国帝国信息战略

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtac045

Nick Foretek

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