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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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New moderationism: medical discourses on alcohol and the decline of drunkenness in interwar Britain. 新温和主义：关于酒精的医学论述和两次世界大战之间英国醉酒人数的下降。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae060

Ryosuke Yokoe

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'I am very sensitive on the subject of accent': Children, young people and attitudes to speech in inter-war Britain. “我对口音问题非常敏感”：两次世界大战期间英国的儿童、年轻人和对语言的态度。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae052

Hester Barron

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The bust card: policing, race, welfare, drugs, and the counterculture in 1960s Britain. 胸围牌：20世纪60年代英国的警察、种族、福利、毒品和反主流文化。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae062

Kate Bradley, Ellis Spicer, Jon Winder

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'This modern Cinderella': Railway Queens, mass media, and British civic culture, 1925-75. “现代灰姑娘”：铁路女王、大众媒体和英国公民文化，1925- 1975。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae054

Conner Rivers Scott

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Anti-Apartheid at the periphery: a case study of grassroots activism in Dundee, 1967-1990. 边缘地区的反种族隔离：1967-1990年邓迪草根运动的个案研究。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae064

Matthew Graham, Christopher Fevre

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'Altogether Abnormal': Consumer-Citizens, Outsizes, and Clothes Rationing, 1941-9. 完全反常"：1941-9年，消费者-公民、超大规模和服装配给。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae033

Tali Kot-Ofek

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Forging the West Indian Nation: Federation and Caribbean Activism in Post-war Britain, 1945-60. 打造西印度民族：联邦与战后英国的加勒比激进主义，1945-60 年。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae032

Elanor Kramer-Taylor

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Dirty Documents and Illegible Signatures: Doctoring the Archive of British Imperialism and Decolonization. 肮脏的文件和难以辨认的签名：为大英帝国主义和非殖民化档案 "看病"。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae035

Joel Hebert

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'Monty, Bring the Blood Can!' Pulling Teeth in Working-Class Lancashire, 1900-48. 蒙蒂，把血罐拿来！"（Monty, Bring the Blood Can!1900-48 年兰开夏郡工人阶级的拔牙活动。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwae036

Claire L Jones

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