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Collection of African newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Features English and foreign-language titles. This collection includes African newspapers from both the World Newspaper Archive and the British Library Collection.
This collection contains records pertaining to the Tudway family’s ownership of an Antiguan sugar plantation during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The papers cover the period from the early slave trade to the post-slavery economy. The combination of statistical ledgers and narrative correspondence provides a unique insight into the operation and eventual abolition of the slave trade in the West Indies.
An educational resource dedicated to historiography and the examination of historical theory and methods using a global approach. Contains 167 exclusive articles, 71 ebooks, and a 4-volume major reference work on the global history of historiography. Over 200 new and exclusive articles will be added to the platform in its first two years, with many more to follow annually. These updates will be supplemented by the addition of further relevant Bloomsbury eBooks, as well as bibliographic guides and lesson plans, every year.
Trial ends: April 5, 2023
Explores the political, social, and cultural history of indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada through manuscripts, monographs, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, images of artwork, and more. Trial includes Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part 1 and Part 2: The Indian Rights Association, 1882-1986. Part 1 explores the impact of invasion and colonization on Indigenous Peoples in North America, and the intersection of Indigenous and European histories and systems of knowledge. Part 2 provides a record of the efforts of the first organization to address Native American interests and rights.
Trial ends: April 7, 2023
Explores the gay rights movement in America, including civil rights and law passage in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. Find legal and policy research on topics such as marriage and family, employment, military service, and health care.
Practical Action Publishing produces new titles each year covering development fields such as water and gender issues, agriculture and health, and including analytical texts, practical books, hands-on manuals and reference works.
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