Thursday, December 13, 2012

NEW RESOURCE: Confidential Print : Africa

We now have access to Confidential Print : Africa, from Adam Matthew Digital. 

"Issued by the Foreign and Colonial Offices and produced by the British Government ;
Includes the most important papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices such as one-page letters or telegrams, large volumes or texts of treaties ; All documents are fully text-searchable ; Spans the full era of the modern European colonisation of Africa, from the occupation of Algeria by France, the British presence on the west African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope in the south, the Berlin Conference, the high-water mark of economic exploitation of Africans in the Congo Free State, rivalries amongst European powers and the era of withdrawal that followed the Second World War ; The resource also features 300 colour maps."

To access this new resource, visit the library's research guides

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