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Migration memories of sexual and reproductive health in late twentieth-century London. 20世纪晚期伦敦性与生殖健康的移民记忆。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwag009

Caroline Rusterholz, George J Severs

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Beauty and the business: staff beauty contests in a time of 'Equal Opportunities'. 美容与商业：在“机会平等”的时代，员工参加选美比赛。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwag035

Brett Theodore Morritt

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Roads to Economization: Valuing Life, Limb, and Leisure in the Social Democratic State. 经济之路：社会民主国家的生命、肢体和休闲价值。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf016

Charles Troup

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'A first class broadcaster with something to say': Nontando Jabavu, the BBC, and the cultural politics of African broadcasting in post-war Britain. “有话要说的一流广播员”：Nontando Jabavu， BBC，以及战后英国非洲广播的文化政治。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf015

Siyabonga Njica

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Factory tourism in inter-war Britain: the spectacular construction of social-democratic mass production. 两次世界大战之间英国的工厂旅游：社会民主主义大规模生产的壮观建设。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf014

Richard Hornsey

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'A tall and broad fellow with a very graceful, military personality': Punjabi Sikh men, military service and belonging in Southall 1947-67. “一个又高又宽的家伙，有非常优雅的军人个性”：旁遮普锡克教徒，1947年至1967年在南索尔服兵役。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf020

Satya Gunput

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Healey's legacy and Howe's concession: income tax cuts in 1979 and 1980. 希利的遗产和豪的让步：1979年和1980年的所得税削减。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf021

Masa Yasunaga

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Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2024-'Public relations as the remedy': mining, mis/information and decolonization in the Gold Coast/Ghana. 本·皮姆洛特纪念讲座2024-“公共关系作为补救措施”：采矿，mis/信息和非殖民化在黄金海岸/加纳。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf023

Erika Rappaport

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From hyper-incarceration to mass-incarceration? Race and the prison boom of the 1990s. 从高度监禁到大规模监禁？种族和20世纪90年代监狱的激增。

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Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf022

Matteo Tiratelli

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'A jigsaw puzzle which Britain finds difficult to solve': Britain, Bophuthatswana and the Sun City Eight. “英国难以破解的拼图”：英国、博普塔茨瓦纳和太阳城八人。

Modern British history Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwaf010

Daniel J Feather

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