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Delinking ‘the two rupees’: The devaluation dilemma and economic divergence in the decolonized subcontinent, September 1949–February 1951 描绘“两卢比”：非殖民化次大陆的贬值困境和经济分歧，1949年9月至1951年2月

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-16 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x22000336

R. Ankit

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The grey zones of antiquarian pursuits: The 1938 Barger expedition to the princely state of Swat 追寻古物的灰色地带:1938年巴格尔对斯瓦特王族的探险

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-16 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000312

R. Khan

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ASS volume 57 issue 2 Cover and Front matter ASS第57卷第2期封面和封面问题

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-15 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x23000021

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ASS volume 57 issue 2 Cover and Back matter ASS第57卷第2期封面和封底

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-15 DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x23000033

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Flagstone empire: Materiality and technical expertise in Japanese road construction in northeast China (1905–1945) 石板帝国:日本东北道路建设的物质性与技术专长(1905-1945)

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-08 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X2200018X

Yuting Dong

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Free sea or territorial waters? The Sino-Japanese Xiongyue fishing dispute, 1906–1912 自由海域还是领海?中日雄越渔业争端(1906-1912

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000233

Jiaying Shen

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The transnational historiography of a dynastic transition: Writing the Ming-Qing transition in seventeenth-century China, Korea, and Japan 王朝变迁的跨国史学:书写17世纪中国、朝鲜和日本的明清变迁

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-25 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000245

Chui–Joe Tham

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An Eastern hero: Biographies of Muhammad in imperial Japan 东方英雄:日本帝国时期的穆罕默德传

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-25 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000300

Mikiya Koyagi

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‘Enjoying life’: Consumption, changing meanings, and social differentiation in Kerala, India “享受生活”:印度喀拉拉邦的消费、意义变化和社会分化

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-24 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000257

Nissim Mannathukkaren

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‘Made in Hong Kong’: Deriving value from the place-of-origin label, 1950s and now “香港制造”:从原产地标签中获取价值，1950年代和现在

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Modern Asian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X22000269

J. Wong

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