BRITISH ONLINE ARCHIVES
British Online Archives is one of the United Kingdom’s leading academic publishers. Their goal is to provide university students and researchers around the world with access to unique collections of primary source documents in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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To this end, their platform hosts over 3 million records drawn from renowned private and public archives. These records are organised thematically, covering 1,000 years of world history, from politics and warfare to slavery and medicine. Though the sources are usually British in origin, the collections are international in scope.
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British Online Archives is the digital arm of Microform Imaging Ltd, who have been a leader in the preservation of Britain’s archival and cultural heritage in microform and digital formats for more than sixty years.
PRIMARY SOURCE COLLECTIONS
British Online Archives provides unique collections of primary source documents for university students and researchers of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Their vast range of primary source collections is sourced from the finest libraries and archive holdings in the UK, such as the British National Archives, the British Library, the Bodleian Library, the BBC, the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Imperial War Museum, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales, and many more. Though the sources are usually British in origin, the collections are international in scope.
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More than 80 exceptional primary source collections are offered across 13 thematic series.
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Series
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American Studies: From the Colonies to the Atom Bomb (13 collections)
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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1927–2002 (2 collections)
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British Communism at Home and Abroad (1 collection)
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The British Industrial Revolution: Mills and Education (10 collections)
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Global Governance (3 collections)
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Governing Africa: British Records from African Countries under Colonial Rule (14 collections)
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Politics and Protest: From Major Party Politics to Popular Protest and Parliamentary History (12 collections)
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Power and Preachers: India under Colonial Rule (6 collections)
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Representing Britain: International Relations and Diplomacy (7 collections)
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Running the West Indies: British Records from West Indian Countries under Colonial Rule (7 collections)
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Spreading the Word: British Missionary Work around the World, 1808–1967 (16 collections)
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The Trade in People: The Slave Trade in Africa and the West Indies (8 collections)
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The World Wars: Firepower and Fascism at Home and Abroad (13 collections)
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