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Making Humanities AccessibleBoasting more than five million records covering over 500 years of history, BOA's extensive digital archive offers unique insights into global events, trends, and themes.
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British Online Archives (BOA) is one of the UK’s leading academic publishers and online repositories.
Hosting over five million records, carefully sourced from private and public archives, such as The National Archives (UK) and British Library, BOA’s specially curated primary source collections cover over 500 years of world history. They boast extensive documentation from across the globe, providing invaluable source material for students and researchers working within a wide range of scholarly disciplines, including history, politics, sociology, and international relations. Our unique digital holdings offer insights into global historical events and trends, typically through a British lens. They serve to broaden our understanding of history, and help us to make sense of contemporary social, cultural, economic, and political landscapes.
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