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One of the defining characteristics of total war is the erosion of the distinction between the home front and the frontline. During the twentieth century, when total war reached its...

Date:1914-1989
Contributor:The National Archives (TNA)
Identifier:9781851173822
20th Century International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Culture and Society

Containing over 140,000 images, British Colonial Rule in the Cape of Good Hope and Basutoland, 1854–1910, charts over 50 years of British colonial rule in southern Africa. Settled by the Dutch...

Date:1854-1910
Contributor:
Identifier:9781851173815
19th Century Modern History Colonialism and Empire Africa

Containing over 47,000 images drawn from files at The National Archives (UK), British Mercantile Trade Statistics, 1662­–1809 charts nearly 150 years of British trade and shipping in remarkable detail. Throughout...

Date:1662-1808
Contributor:The National Archives (UK)
Identifier:9781851173808
17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Modern History Economics Europe Asia Colonialism and Empire Africa The Americas Slavery and Abolition

Founded in May 1899 as the Society of American Women in London, the American Women’s Club (AWC)—as it became known in 1916—was an organisation for female expats from America. In...

Date:1925-1936
Contributor:American Women's Club
Identifier:9781851173792
19th Century Modern History Europe Media and Communications Politics and Social Movements

As the Second World War entered its final year, and the Allied victory looked secure, a growing number of British officials began to consider the future. Alongside their Allied counterparts,...

Date:1944-1948
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:9781851173778
20th Century Modern History International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Culture and Society

Censorship: Practice and Policy during the Second World War explores British postal and telegraph censorship throughout a pivotal era of modern history. The collection contains over 17,000 images drawn from Ministry...

Date:1914-1959
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:9781851173761
20th Century Modern History International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Colonialism and Empire Media and Communications

Charting the course and consequences of pandemics over five centuries, Pandemics, Society, and Public Health, 1517–1925, collates archival materials relating primarily to the history of the UK. The collection concentrates...

Date:1517-1925
Contributor:
Identifier:9781851173754
17th Century 18th Century 16th Century Modern History Europe Science and Technology Culture and Society Medicine Early Modern

National Congress was the supreme decision-making body of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). Congress delegates from across the Party’s districts and branches met bi-annually in order to elect members...

Date:1920-1991
Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:9781851172313
Politics and Social Movements