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AVAILABLE: December 2023
SIZE: Approximately 600,000 pages
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Civilization studies, European studies, government studies/electoral studies, international history, international relations, modern history, and politics/political science/political sociology
Power to the People showcases a range of ideas, initiatives, and social movements devoted to people-powered politics and organising from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries. Ranging beyond a few specific movements, the archive paints a broad picture of the counterculture and many disparate organisations that represent this moment in modern Western history. Although the archive concentrates mainly on the United States and the United Kingdom, it also covers events and topics from around the globe.
AVAILABLE: December 2023
SIZE: Approximately 350,000 pages
Disciplines Supported: African American history, civil rights, disability studies, environmental history, gender studies, law and legal history, political science, psychology, public health, public policy studies, religion, sexuality studies
In this 13th instalment to The Making of Modern Law, the collection reproduces records and briefs of selected cases filed with the United States Courts of Appeals throughout the twentieth century. Covering over 500 cases, this collection concentrates on key issues that continue to occupy the American social and political landscape, such as reproductive rights, immigration policy, incarceration and the rights of prisoners, environmental policy, voting rights, and the civil rights of women and people of colour.
AVAILABLE: December 2023
SIZE: Approximately 5,000 pages
The annual supplement for U.S Declassified Documents Online, this ever-expanding archive is a significant resource for researchers in almost any discipline. Through its wealth of facts and insights on the political, economic, and social conditions of the United States and beyond, it allows researchers to access and review declassified documents of their choice quickly and easily.
*Customers who previously purchased the original archive can purchase this supplement to extend their existing archive. Please note that this module is only available as an add-on to institutions that have the original archive and is not available as a standalone purchase.
AVAILABLE: March 2024
SIZE: Approximately 530,000 pages
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, health and medicine, history of medicine, legal and policy studies, psychiatry, psychology, social work, sociology of medicine, women’s studies
Disabilities in Society demonstrates how society has presented and treated individuals with disabilities historically. Materials in this collection include records of treatments, methods of education, forms of remediation, and more. Reports and proceedings of organisations and institutions that sought to help or heal those with disabilities are included, as well as records of policies and programmes. Through this collection, researchers will grasp the many forms of institutional discrimination, political exclusion, and social control under which disabled individuals struggle. Materials chronicle how individuals were classified and treated and how some overcame physical or mental challenges to defy perceptions of being disabled.
AVAILABLE: March 2024
SIZE: Approximately 1 million pages
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Health and Medicine, Legal Studies, LGBTQ+, Political Science, Psychology, Social History, Twentieth Century History, Women’s Studies
The sixth collection in the award-winning Archives of Sexuality and Gender series, Community and Identity in North America is a twentieth-century compendium that offers perspectives on society, sexual identity, community building, and gender issues. This archive focuses on the breadth of North America, providing a social history that casts a spotlight on diversity, equity and inclusion with materials that cover activism and social justice issues, highlight disabilities in Queer society, offer information about alternative sexualities, document interactions between sexuality and religion, and represent diverse ethnic communities across North America. These LGBTQ+ history collections detail how identities developed in different social conditions and how communities grew around dedicated, sometimes courageous, individuals.
AVAILABLE: March 2024
SIZE: Approximately 350,000 pages
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Environmental history, geography, sociology, anthropology, imperial history, law and legal history, international relations, contemporary politics, British Empire and Commonwealth studies, African studies, economics and development studies, international development, public and social policy
Expand your collection with twentieth-century British government 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.
AVAILABLE: March 2024
SIZE: Approximately 360,000 pages
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Global and diplomatic history, public health, sociology, economics, political science, religion, decolonisation, Cold War, and area studies (Asian, African, and European studies)
Refugees, Relief, and Resettlement: The Early Cold War and Decolonization opens a window onto the history of refugees and forced migration, expanding the possibilities of research for scholars and students who are studying the history of—and who may come to work with—refugee populations. Topical coverage includes the causes of refugee crises following World War II, from the onset of the Cold War to the decolonisation of, and rise of independence movements within, the nations of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
AVAILABLE: June 2024
SIZE: Approximately 540,000 pages.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: American History and American Studies, Art and Literature, Children and Youth Studies, Ethnic Studies, Religion, Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Part 8 in the long-running American Historical Periodicals series explores the social, cultural and industrial development of the United States from the end of colonial rule through to the twentieth century from a global perspective. It explores America’s role on the international stage, its forays into empire-building, and how others viewed the US as it grew in influence and innovation.
AVAILABLE: December 2024
SIZE: Approximately 150,000 pages.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Politics and International Relations, Contemporary History, Social History, Sport and Sport History, Arts and Culture.
This new supplement extends the coverage of this key right-wing broadsheet to the era of Brexit, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and the political division in the UK and US. Explore what was once the world’s largest-selling newspaper, generally cited by press historians as the start of a new era of journalism.
*Customers who previously purchased the original archive covering 1855-2016 can get the years 2017-2021 to extend their existing archive. Please note that the 2017-2021 module is only available as an add-on to institutions that own the original archive and not as a standalone purchase.
AVAILABLE: December 2024
SIZE: Approximately 100,000 pages and 1,500 audio and video files.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: 20th and 21st Century World History, International Economics and Law, Environmental and Energy Studies, International Relations, Security, and Diplomacy, and Area Studies.
Built from publications and archives from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, module 3 adds ten years to the Chatham House archive, from the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States to the protests in Hong Kong. The mixture of text, audio and video provides a dynamic learning experience for those after high-level discussions of globally significant events and issues.
AVAILABLE: December 2024
SIZE: Approximately 192,000 pages across 2000 issues.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Politics and International Relations, Contemporary History, Social History, Sport and Sport History, Arts and Culture.
The latest supplement of this major daily newspaper covers key events in Britain and the world in recent years, including Brexit, Donald Trump’s Presidency, COVID-19, and Climate Change. As a broadly centrist newspaper with some centre-left content, it is an essential alternative voice to the other tabloids and broadsheets in the UK newspaper industry.
*Customers who previously purchased the original archive covering 1986-2016 can get the years 2017-2021 to extend their existing archive. Please note that the 2017-2021 module is only available as an add-on to institutions that own the original archive and not as a standalone purchase.
AVAILABLE: December 2024
SIZE: Approximately 100,000 pages.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: TBC
This new supplement expands upon the vast collection of early modern English news media by adding a range of titles and issues previously considered lost, as well as newspapers, pamphlets, and publications published around the same time as the Burney collection but were otherwise not considered part of it. Included is the Public Hue and Cry, a Metropolitan Police paper that published details of crimes, wanted criminals, and appeals for information.
*Customers who previously purchased the original archive can get this supplement to extend it. Please note that the supplement is only available as an add-on to institutions that own the original archive and not as a standalone purchase.
AVAILABLE: December 2024
SIZE: Approximately 529,000 images.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: Colonial and Post-colonial Studies, Southeast Asian studies.
Continuing from the first two parts of the State Papers Online Colonial Asia archive, part 3 consists of ten Colonial Office series of official correspondence, maps, and plans related to the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, and the later Federation of Malaya. Through it, academics can explore the colonial relationship between the British Empire and those living under their rule.
AVAILABLE: December 2024
SIZE: Approximately 429,000 pages.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: American History, British History, History of Diplomacy and International Relations, Economic History, Migration Studies, Legal History, War Studies.
This all-new archive recontextualises the American Civil War as a critical episode in world history through newspapers, manuscripts, and periodicals from other countries. It explores how this major event would shape the future of slavery, the ideas of popular, democratic governments and the diplomatic gestures of the two sides to the competing European powers.
AVAILABLE: December 2025
SIZE: Approximately 400,000 pages.
DISCIPLINES SUPPORTED: History of Modern China, Anglo-Chinese Relations, British Empire in Asia, Treaty Ports and Informal Empires, Genealogical Studies
Part of the expanding China and the Modern World series, this new archive presents 39 collections of British Foreign Office files on the correspondence and registers from the British legation in Beijing and British consulates in 20 Chinese treaty ports. Through it, learn about the complicated and often unequal relationship between China and Western powers during these crucial years in the country’s evolution from an inward-looking dynasty to a globally engaged republic.
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