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Anarchism, anti-militarism, and the British Empire: the case of war commentary and the freedom defence committee. 无政府主义、反军国主义和大英帝国：以战争评论和捍卫自由委员会为例。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf006

Eleanor Strangways

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Rolls-Royce engineers and deindustrialization in Scotland from the 1950s to the 2020s. 20世纪50年代至21世纪20年代，苏格兰的劳斯莱斯工程师和去工业化。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf002

Ewan Gibbs, Ewan Mackenzie, Alan McKinlay, Des McNulty, Jim Phillips, Stephen Procter

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'Ambassadors of cultural appreciation': the social, political, and associational life of Chinese students in Britain, 1908-37. “文化鉴赏大使”：1908- 1937年中国留学生在英国的社会、政治和社团生活。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf007

Jennifer Bond, Georgina Brewis

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The National Front and environmental politics, 1967-90. 国民阵线与环境政治，1967- 1990。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae053

Beth Bhargava

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Civil resettlement: citizenship, mental health and masculinity in repatriated British POWs. 民事重新安置：遣返英国战俘的公民身份、心理健康和男子气概。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf004

Gabriel Lawson

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Anniversary fever? History and the culture of NHS celebration. 周年发烧吗?NHS庆祝活动的历史和文化。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae066

Roberta Bivins, Mathew Thomson

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Vice versa: sex work and drug use during the HIV epidemic in Thatcher's Britain. 反之亦然：撒切尔时期英国艾滋病流行期间的性工作和吸毒问题。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf003

Lola Dickinson

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Race, homosexuality, and AIDS in London: the response of British AIDS voluntary organizations to Black gay men's sexual health needs during the AIDS crisis (1980s-2000). 伦敦的种族、同性恋和艾滋病：艾滋病危机期间英国艾滋病志愿组织对黑人男同性恋者性健康需求的回应（1980 -2000）。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae061

Lucy Cann

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The country house and the neoliberal society. 乡村别墅和新自由主义社会。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf001

Peter Mandler

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The urban geography of pop in sixties Britain. 六十年代英国流行音乐的城市地理。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae065

Simon Gunn

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