Provides English language abstracts of scholarly literature from 1955 to present (journal articles, articles in collections, dissertations, book reviews) on world history from 1450, excluding North America. Note: with full-text links to 420,000 journals.
Includes more than 160 newspapers originating in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland selected by the British Library to best represent different political and cultural segments of 19th century British society. Tutorial for the British Library Newspapers database.
Collects over 136,000 titles (155,000 volumes) and 9,000 legal treatises tracing the development of law in the British Empire, covering Anglo-American law and legal practice during the 18th century. Includes many publications summarizing the laws, explaining the court system, dramatizing past and pending cases, guiding attorneys, and theorizing and commenting on the application of legal standards. ECCO is based on the English Short Title Catalogue, and includes books, pamphlets, broadsides, and more.
Covers the events, lives, values and themes that marked the advent of commercial lifestyle publishing in Britain and the rapid rise of modern magazine culture.
Covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world, including the role Britain played beyond its own borders as an imperial power throughout the nineteenth century.