"D.L. Murray's successor, albeit for the shortest editorship of the TLS since J.R. Thursfield's in 1902, was in some ways representative of the nascently…"
Expand critical thinking skills through exploring topics that reflect current events and problems like climate change, immigration, women’s rights & more.
Biography, overview and critical analysis drawn from journals and periodicals in Gale Databases, exploring the author best known for Beloved and Song of Solomon.
Biography, overview and critical analysis drawn from journals and periodicals in Gale Databases, exploring the author best known for The Memory Police and Hotel Iris.
A collection of digital archives covering British government records during the Age of Enlightenment, linked to their fully text-searchable calendars.
A range of digitised archives offering targeted collections of interest to scholars engaged in research, supporting research in politics and diplomacy studies.
"The Act of Union of 1801 saw Ireland lose its parliament and resulted in the Irish Question being at the forefront of British politics…"
"In the late 1860s, manufacturers of printing presses in the United States began producing smaller versions of their commercial offerings for use…"
"The Nichols Newspapers Collection reflects the enormous differences brought about by the combination of a new regulatory regime after the Glorious Revolution…"
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was an agitator and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and an official of the Communist Party (CP). In an era when street life and mass strikes had a direct impact on ordinary people, Flynn’s notoriety was akin to that accorded to media stars today. The Rebel Girl, as she was called, led immigrant workers in major strikes in Lawrence, Massachusetts and Paterson and Passaic, New Jersey.
"The tentacles of Britain’s Indian Empire stretched far beyond its nominal frontiers, which in any case expanded throughout the nineteenth century…"
"In many respects, James II and VII's relationship to Scotland was the most interesting. His interrupted sojourn in Edinburgh as Duke of Albany…"
"The Hall-Carpenter Archives (HCA) are named after the authors Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943) and Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)…"
"The origin of the Crystal Palace lay in a decision made in 1849 by Albert, the Prince Consort, together with a small group of friends and advisers, to hold…"
"From the outset of the war Punch defined itself as a source of patriotic entertainment. During the conflict Punch drew on its archives to publish…"