Comparative Studies in Society and History (CSSH) is an international forum for new research and interpretation concerning problems of recurrent patterning and change in human societies through time and in the contemporary world. CSSH sets up a working alliance among specialists in all branches of the social sciences and humanities as a way of bringing together multidisciplinary research, cultural studies, and theory, especially in anthropology, history, political science, and sociology. Review articles and discussion bring readers in touch with current findings and issues.
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Editorial Foreword
Editorial Foreword pp 1–4
Research article
Sources and Contextualizations: Comparing Eighteenth-Century North African and Western European Institutions Simona Cerutti, Isabelle Grangaudpp 5–33
How Did the West Usurp the Rest? Origins of the Great Divergence over the Longue Durée Alexander Anievas, Kerem Nişancioğlupp 34–67
Imperial but Not Colonial: Archival Truths, British India, and the Case of the "Naughty" Tibetans Carole McGranahanpp 68–95
The Body of Solidarity: Heritage, Memory, and Materiality in Post-Industrial Italy Andrea Muehlebachpp 96–126
Alexandria, 1898: Nodes, Networks, and Scales in Nineteenth-Century Egypt and the Mediterranean Lucia Carminatipp 127–153
Visas, Jokes, and Contraband: Citizenship and Sovereignty at the Mexico–U.S. Border Rihan Yehpp 154–182
Street Textuality: Socialism, Masculinity, and Urban Belonging in Tanzania's Pulp Fiction Publishing Industry, 1975–1985 Emily Callacipp 183–210
"A valid electoral exercise"? Uganda's 1980 Elections and the Observers' Dilemma Justin Willis, Gabrielle Lynch, Nic Cheesemanpp 211–238
CSSH Note
Thomas R. Trautmann, Elephants and Kings: An Environmental History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Sujit Sivasundarampp 239–240