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Revolution qua Restoration 复辟革命

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9988061

Massimiliano Tomba

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Attempted Iconoclasm

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9987762

Andrew Ollett

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Bound to Violence 受暴力束缚

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9987918

P. Chigumadzi, Imraan Coovadia, A. Davari, Bongani Kona, E. Zeleke

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“Two Kings” in the Tungkhungia Court? “两个国王”在东洪吉亚法院？

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9987814

Samya Ghosh

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Writing Revolution as if Women Mattered 书写革命，仿佛女性蒙上了阴影

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9988048

N. Sohrabi

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Wahhabis without Religion; or, A Genealogy of Jihadis in Colonial Law, 1818 to 1857 没有宗教信仰的瓦哈比教派;或《1818至1857年殖民法中的圣战分子家谱》

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9987892

Rishad Choudhury

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Robinson Crusoe's Watch 鲁滨逊漂流记

Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9698112

Elizabeth Holt

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Decolonizing International Law? 非殖民化国际法?

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9698033

Meredith Terretta

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Enclosing the Seas 包围海洋

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9698125

J. Mathew

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From Internationalism to Nationalism 从国际主义到民族主义

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Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1215/1089201x-9407806

Dwaipayan Banerjee

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