History: Global History

Contains all Arabic Koran editions printed in Europe before 1850, as well as complete translations directly from the Arabic (until about 1860). Font advice

CMS was founded in 1799 with aims including social reform in England and world evangelisation. The first overseas mission was in Sierra Leone in 1804, but soon the societies were working in other African countries, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. The periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters.

Covering major topics, and events from the late 1890s to the present including border and migration, atrocities and human rights violations, peacekeeping, climate change, terrorism, revolutions, and human trafficking.

Legal treatises comprising over 21,000 works from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on British Commonwealth and American law. Terms & Conditions

Explores the movement of peoples from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia; access primary documents ranging letters and diaries to government documents.
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Wide ranging primary archival sources from all parts of the world.

Mainly 20th century primary sources for queer history and activism, cultural studies, psychology, sociology, health, political science, policy studies, human rights, gender studies and more. It includes the Herstory archives, LGBTQ newspapers & magazines, government reports and personal papers.

LGBT Studies in Video and LGBT Thought and Culture provide a multi-content perspective on the LGBT political, cultural and social movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day.

Provides primary source material from both sides of Far-Right and Left Political Groups in the US and Europe, with some Australian material.

Popular Culture explores the dynamic period of social, political and cultural change between 1950 and 1975. Includes colour images of manuscript and rare printed material as well as photographs, ephemera and memorabilia.

An amazing collection of primary source material spanning continents and centuries. The specialised search interface to also analyze the content of the Library's historical collections hosted by Gale, using frequency and term-relationship tools

Covering the histories of fifteen key commodities( such as chocolate, opium, tea and tobacco), this database contains manuscript sources, rare books, maps, advertising, paintings, photographs and ephemera from the 15th to the 20th centuries.

Covering major topics, and events from the late 1890s to the present including border and migration, atrocities and human rights violations, peacekeeping, climate change, terrorism, revolutions, and human trafficking.

Full text primary sources and images on the art, culture, literature, racism, religion and imperialism of empire from 1492 - 2007. The creators have endeavoured to find sources from all continents.
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Books, pamphlets and periodicals published between 1543-1945 reflecting women's history, and the movement for women's rights in many countries. Primarily in English, but also German, French, and other languages. Individual titles are also searchable in our catalogue.

Primary source documents from the Atlantic world, essays and other secondary resources, relating to the complex subjects of slavery, abolition and social justice.

Brings together hundreds of accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. Includes manuscripts, diaries and correspondence, drawings, guidebooks,postcards and photographs.

DescriptionCrime, Punishment and Popular Culture contains trials transcripts, police and forensic reports, detective novels, newspaper accounts and true crime litarature. Between the period if 1790-1920. Collections include UK National Archives criminal justice system records, QLD Police Gazette and Pinkerton Detective Agency Records 1853-1999.

The Wiley Digital Archives program enables the digital preservation of unique and rare primary source materials.
Access to 4 Archive Collections: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, The New York Academy of Sciences, Royal College of Physicians, Royal Geographical Society

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HathiTrust brings together collections of partner institutions. The repository supports both preservation and access, with a range of access services encompassing permitted uses of books digitized by Google and access to public domain content.

Track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Provides access to a vast collection of primary sources for research in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more.