Series

Licensed to access American Studies: the colonisation of North America and the American revolution

13 Collections

These collections cover both the United States and Canada.

Licensed to access British Broadcasting Corporation, 1927-2002

2 Collections

Learn how broadcast listener expectations changed and viewer expectations developed in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.

Licensed to access The British industrial revolution: mills and education

10 Collections

This series unites collections that cover different aspects of the industrial revolution.

Image of the Karl Marx statue in Chemnitz, Germany, set against a cloudy sky

Licensed to access British Communism at Home and Abroad

1 Collections

Communism was one of the defining political and economic ideologies of the 20th century.

Licensed to access Governing Africa: British records from African countries under colonial rule

14 Collections

Governing Africa contains primary source documents mostly derived from a series of annual reports and accounts sent to the British Government by its colonial administrations in Africa.

Licensed to access Politics and protest: from major party politics to popular protest and parliamentary history

12 Collections

These records start with the first written accounts of parliamentary debates.

Licensed to access Power and preachers: India under colonial rule

6 Collections

Power and Preachers comprises 5 diverse primary source collections which detail the political, economic, and spiritual realities of British colonial rule in India.

Licensed to access Representing Britain: International relations and diplomacy

7 Collections

The diplomatic collections in this series cover World War 1 and the Spanish Civil War.

Licensed to access Running the West Indies: British records from West Indian countries under colonial rule

7 Collections

See narrative accounts from missionaries combine with colonial statistics to create a picture of these former colonies' development.

Licensed to access Spreading the word: British missionary work around the world, 1808-1967

14 Collections

The correspondence and papers of these missionary societies cover work within North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australasia.

Licensed to access The trade in people: The slave trade in Africa and the West Indies

8 Collections

Follow the slave trade from Africa and America to Britain through these records.

Licensed to access The World Wars: firepower and fascism at home and abroad