History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century demonstrates how society has interacted with and treated individuals with disabilities historically. This collection also documents the rise of disabilities movements and their efforts to gain political power. Materials chronicle how individuals were classified and treated, and how some overcame physical or mental challenges to change perceptions of what it means to be disabled.
China and the Modern World: Records of Shanghai and the International Settlement, 1836–1955
British Foreign Office files from The National Archives, Kew, that are related to the history of Shanghai and the International Settlement, plus a small number of files selected from the records of the British Ministry of Labour, Treasury, and War Office, this collection deciphers and illuminates the International Settlement as the seat of formative events that shaped the history of modern China as it transitioned from an imperial dynasty to a globally engaged republic.
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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II completes the digitisation of the original Burney collection and expands coverage to additional titles and issues contemporaneous with Burney. With approximately 70,000 pages, this collection complements Part I to provide researchers with a compendium of news media to study British history and culture at crucial periods in the nation’s development as a world power.
State Papers Online Colonial: Asia, Part III: Malay States, Malaya, and Straits Settlements
State Papers Online Colonial: Asia, Part III: Malay States, Malaya, and Straits Settlements is the third instalment of State Papers Online Colonial Asia, a program to digitise largely the British Colonial Office’s files (CO series) relating to the former British colonies in East and Southeast Asia.
珍稀原始典藏档案 乌克兰档案：通向巴勒斯坦之路：犹太复国主义组织，乌克兰利沃夫，1908-1939年
这些档案资料呈现出两次世界大战之间利沃夫犹太人政治和社会生活的动态，从1918年波兰独立后犹太人生活的重建与发展，一直到大屠杀时期，重点是两次世界大战之间欧洲最政治化的犹太人社群之一：东加利西亚犹太人（Eastern Galician Jewry），其总部位于利沃夫。这些档案包含希伯来语、意第绪语、德语、波兰语和一些英语文献，来自多个小型典藏。这些档案对于理解这个犹太人社群至关重要，以及理解犹太人在利沃夫发挥的作用、越来越多乌克兰西部犹太人对犹太复国主义的支持、在巴勒斯坦建立犹太国家等。
“Gale文学资源中心”是一个以研究为中心的文学资源站点，为学生、学者和研究者提供他们所需的权威且相关的内容。
The American Civil War: The International Context demonstrates the involvement of European nations in the American Civil War, including their internal discussions, reactions to approaches from Unionists and Confederates, the challenges and advantages the American conflict brought, and its impact on politics and society.
State Papers Online Colonial Asia, Part II: Singapore, East Malaysia, and Brunei
Discover the lives of the many indigenous and migrated peoples co-existing with the development of plantations, oil, mining operations and trade, under Sultan and British administration with the digitised manuscripts comprising State Papers Online Colonial Asia
Women's Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide, is a primary source archive focusing on individual women and organisations around the world who have broken new paths in society through business, social reform, popular culture, health care, and more.
Declassified Documents Online: Twentieth-Century British Intelligence Monitoring the World
Declassified Documents: Twentieth Century British Intelligence, Monitoring the World brings together files from the Cabinet Office, UK and GCHQ. The documents included illustrate the worldwide interception and global reach of British security agencies throughout the twentieth century.
State Papers Online Colonial Asia, Part I: Far East, Hong Kong, and Wei-Hai-Wei
State Papers Online Colonial: Asia, Part I: Far East, Hong Kong, and Wei-Hai-Wei is the first part of a major new programme bringing the British Colonial Office files to a global audience. State Papers Online Colonial will eventually be comprised of four parts and is digitisation of the British Colonial Office’s files (CO series) of documents now housed in The National Archives in the United Kingdom.
An ideal companion to the 11th and 12th installments of The Making of Modern Law, this 13th collection in the venerable series explores of 500 cases seen by the U.S. Courts of Appeals that were chosen specifically due to their engagement with key issues that occupy today’s American consciousness, such as reproductive rights, immigration policy, the civil rights of women and people of color, and much more.
Environmental History: Colonial Policy and Global Development, 1896–1993
Expand your collection with twentieth-century British government primary source material relating to environmental issues and the history of human-environment interaction. Access files from three departments, focusing on themes such as colonialism, land use and exploitation, exploration, agriculture, the technological revolution, industrial change and urbanisation, conservation, pollution, climate, development programs and sustainability, natural resources, and industries such as forestry and mining.
China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China Part II, 1965-1993
Digitised primary sources from the records of British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO 40), held at The National Archives, UK. This digital archive documents the process of Hong Kong manoeuvring, surviving, thriving, and transforming into a modern international metropolis and financial centre in the wider context of the Cold War.
Mail on Sunday Historical Archive, 1982-2011
This archive offers access to four decades of this major UK Sunday newspaper, viewable in full digital facsimile form, with copious advertisements, news stories, and images that capture twentieth- and twenty-first-century culture and society.
American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Part VII
This archive offers researchers an alternative to the official historical record by unearthing the voices of people who lived it, giving varied perspectives across American society on the events, issues, and attitudes that have shaped the America of today.
Indigenous Peoples of North America Part II
“印第安人权利联合会，1882-1986年”提供了首个为美国印第安人利益和权利而斗争的组织的几近完整的档案。该档案包含收发的信件、组织档案，以及由印第安人权利联合会和其他美国印第安人和印第安人相关组织发行的印刷资料。
American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society Part VIII
This archive offers researchers an alternative to the official historical record by unearthing the voices of people who lived it, giving varied perspectives across American society on the events, issues, and attitudes that have shaped the America of today.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America
a 20th century collection that offers perspectives on society, sexual identity, community building, and gender issues
Environmental History: Conservation and Public Policy in America, 1870–1980
With the effects of climate change already upon us, the need has never been greater to understand the long history behind today’s uniquely American conflagrations around resource usage, trade rules, land rights, and environmental conservation. Access the correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets, and much more that chronicle the effort to balance the good of the planet with the economic drivers of the Industrial Revolution through the late twentieth century—and witness the beginnings of the modern American conservation movement.