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British Politics and Society

Explore British politics and society in the nineteenth century

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society includes tens of thousands of primary sources related to the political climate in Great Britain during the "long" nineteenth century, covering approximately 1749 to 1984. Invaluable for historical scholarship, the archive includes a range of rare works that offer new avenues for research.

From Home Office records and papers of British statesmen to working-class autobiographies and ordnance surveys, British Politics and Society is a remarkable resource for scholars looking to uncover new connections or explore new directions in understanding nineteenth century British political and social history.

Collections within this archive include:

• Civil Disturbance, Chartism and Riots in Nineteenth-Century England
• Discontent and Authority, 1820-1840
• Home Office Papers and Records, 1783-1894
• People's History: Working Class Autobiographies
• Public Order, Discontent, and Protest in Nineteenth Century England, 1820-1850
• Rare Radical and Labour Periodicals of Great Britain
• Radicalism, Anti-Radicalism, and Reform in England, 1769-1861, Original Papers and Minute Books
• Selected Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain
• And many more

Nineteenth Century Collections Online is the most ambitious electronic scholarly archive of its kind, providing full-text, fully searchable content from a wide range of primary sources. Selected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never-before-possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods.

British Politics and Society enables researchers to explore such topics as British domestic and foreign policy, trade unions, Chartism, utopian socialism, public protest, radical movements, the cartographic record, political reform, education, family relationships, religion, leisure, and many others. With this archive, scholars have instant access to a range of never-before-available primary sources, including manuscripts, maps, drawings, newspapers, periodicals, government correspondence, letters, diaries, photographs, posters, pamphlets, and more.

British Politics and Society is available on Gale's cutting-edge research platform. This state-of-the-art platform was developed using our flexible Agile approach, incorporating user testing and feedback throughout the process to ensure that we are providing the features that scholars require -- such as detailed subject indexing and metadata, textual analysis tools, personalized user accounts, and more -- for research in the digital age.