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Primary Sources - Gulf Region
Ruling Families of Arabia by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781852073107Publication Date: 1991-06-01Note: Most primary sources are reproduced in the original handwriting or typewriting -- the text is not always searchable! Use the Table of Contents!
(Covers ca. 18th - 20th c.) Archive Editions presents 12 volumes of previously unpublished despatches, diplomatic correspondence and political reports concerning the origins, evolution and legitimacy of the dynasties ruling in the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia. Included are key documents illustrating the role of Kuwait's ruling family, Al-Sabah, and the background to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait in 1990. There is extensive coverage of the Hashimite Royal House of Jordan and historical aspects of the Palestine problem. Much of the documentation is made up of memoranda on ruling family affairs; genealogical tables; confidential profiles and biographical data on emirs, shaikhs, kings and sultans; and Arabic originals of letters since the eighteenth century but there are also reports on the policies of the ruling families regarding dissident Islamic groups and popular demands for political reform.
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Primary sources reflecting the shared cultural heritage of the Middle East and the West. Includes: Europe and the Ottoman World and History of Science and Medicine.
African Colonial History
SCHOLARSHIP
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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The primary place to find scholarship on world history. (For U.S. and Canadian History, use America: History and Life). Covers publications from 1955 - present. - Index Islamicus This link opens in a new window
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Index of scholarship on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, 1906 - current. - Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive collection of scholarship that focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Contains scholarly articles, reference works, primary sources, timelines, biographies, images, maps, charts and tables, and film clips, among many other things. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago. - Africa Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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An indexing database that contains citations to books and journal articles published since 1984. They are searchable by keyword, subject, geographic area, country, and other bibliographic information.
Africa Bibliography by Call Number: Ref DT3 .A38Brings together works published on Africa in a given year. Arranged by region, country, and then subject.
NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER PRIMARY SOURCES
- Readex AllSearch This link opens in a new window
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Includes FBIS: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (Translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from around the globe, 1941 - 1996); JPRS: Joint Publications Research Service Reports (Includes translated books, reports, serials, journal and newspaper articles, radio and television broadcasts from nations around the globe with an emphasis on communist and third-world countries. Covers 1957 - 1994); and World Newspaper Archive: Africa (A collection of African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Covers 1800 - 1922). - Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 This link opens in a new window
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A collection of documents generated by the UK Foreign and Colonial Offices in countries and regions of Africa. Covers 1834 - 1966. - Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 This link opens in a new window
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A collection of documents generated by the UK Foreign and Colonial Offices in countries and regions of the Middle East including Afghanistan, Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Persia, Sudan, Suez Canal, Syria, and Turkey. Covers 1812 - 1969. - British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Search through hundreds of British periodicals from the late 17th century to the early 20th century, all available in full text. Also allows searching for cartoons, photographs, illustrations, and other images. Covers 1680 - 1930. - ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
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A collection of digitized books published in the eighteenth century, 1701 - 1800. - NCCO: Nineteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
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A rich collection of primary sources created or published in the nineteenth century. - Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Search across fully digitized newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and illustrations.
- BNF Newspapers (French)Includes titles such as: Le monde, Le journal, Le matin, and Le Petit journal. Dates generally range from about mid-19th century to early 20th century.
- Times Digital Archive 1785 Onwards This link opens in a new window
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Full-text page images of The Times (London) from 1785 to 2019. Includes articles as well as advertisements, illustrations, and photos.
VIDEOS AND MAPS
- Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire [ca. 1897-1993](searches metadata, very few actual digitized films)
Search or browse through films depicting life in the British colonies. Of the films that are cataloged here, many have extensive critical notes written by scholars, and about a third are available to watch online. - "Africa" - British Pathé Films [ca. 1896-1958] (YouTube)[NOTE: This is just a sample search for the keyword "africa" -- try others!]
Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
- Aluka: World Heritage Sites: Africa This link opens in a new window
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An online digital library of scholarly resources that explores the archaeology, history and culture of Africa through its heritage sites and landscapes.
- Africa -- from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection18th and 19th Century maps. One of the most highly cited online map collections.
