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Hearts and minds in Hong Kong’s New Territories: Agriculture and vegetable marketing in a Cold War borderland, circa 1946–1967 香港新界的心灵与思想:1946-1967年冷战边境地区的农产品和蔬菜市场

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x22000610

Michael Ng, Florence Mok, John Wong, Wallace Wu

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Ethnic politics, the Cold War and sub-national dynamics: the Indonesian Communist Party, the ethnic Chinese minority and anti-Chinese activities in West Java, 1949–67 民族政治、冷战与次民族动态:1949 - 1967年，印尼共产党、西爪哇的华人少数民族与反华活动

IF 0.9 2区社会学

Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x22000592

M. Woolgar

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Homeland, magnet, and refuge: Mecca in the travels and imaginaries of Chinese Muslims 故乡、磁石与避难所:中国穆斯林旅行与想象中的麦加

IF 0.9 2区社会学

Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x23000148

J. Jeong

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‘Trishul vs Cross’: Hindutva, Church, and the politics of secularism in Christian-majority states of North-east India “Trishul vs Cross”:印度东北部基督教占多数的邦的印度教、教会和世俗主义政治

IF 0.9 2区社会学

Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-24 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X23000100

S. Datta, Rajnish Saryal, S. Saryal

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Wormwood, nomads’ rights, and capitalism: the birth of a chemical industry in Russian Turkestan (1870s–1914) 沃姆伍德、游牧民族权利和资本主义：俄罗斯突厥斯坦化学工业的诞生（1870-1914）

IF 0.9 2区社会学

Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-22 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X23000057

Beatrice Penati

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Irrigation pumps in late colonial Taiwan: Farmers’ utilization of technology and the transition to rice cultivation 台湾殖民后期的灌溉水泵：农民技术利用与水稻种植的转型

IF 0.9 2区社会学

Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-03 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x2300001x

Shuntaro Tsuru

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‘East Punjab must not lag behind’: Partition, museums, and identity in independent India “东旁遮普绝不能落后”:独立印度的分治、博物馆和身份认同

IF 0.9 2区社会学

Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000580

M. Venkateswaran

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ASS volume 57 issue 3 Cover and Back matter ASS第57卷第3期封面和封底

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x23000124

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ASS volume 57 issue 3 Cover and Front matter ASS第57卷第3期封面和封面

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x23000136

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‘In the interest of your bank and our country’: Two encounters between China and the International Chamber of Commerce “为了贵行和我国的利益”:中国与国际商会的两次会面

IF 0.9 2区社会学

Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000579

Yi-Tang Lin, Thomas David, P. Eichenberger

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