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Sources covering the diaspora with a focus on communities in the Caribbean and United Kingdom. Includes UK Colonial and Foreign Office records, magazines such as the West Indian Digest & more.
Unique manuscript material chronicling all aspects of the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, as well as important contextual documents leading up to War and after its conclusion. Trial access ends December 15, 2023.
Contains essays, articles, reports and other reliable sources that explore the history of race and provides critical context for learning more about topics associated with race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness
Provides access to biographical essays focusing on all genres and time periods of American and British literature and selected other literatures. Essays discuss the lives and careers of authors and summarize critical responses to their work.
Primary sources and reference materials covering crucial global trends in mass incarceration and the detailed prison infrastructure of specific countries.
This collection includes 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information, providing a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950
A comprehensive and unprecedented reference work devoted to the history of philosophy in the realms of Islam in its formative period: from its beginnings in the eighth century up to the tenth century AD.
Multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities.
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