1648-2000 Explores the cultural and trading relationships that emerged between America, China and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
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1750-1929 The core of China: Culture and Society is the pamphlets held in the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia housed in the Carl A. Kroch Library of Cornell University. Mostly in English and published between c. 1750 and 1929, and amounting to around 1,200 items in 220 bound volumes, these rare pamphlets form part of one of the deepest and most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese.
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Covers 1793-1980. This digital collection answers a need for English-language primary sources relating to China and the West with manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic,
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1940`s to present. A collection of declassified government documents, arranged into collections. Each collection, compiled by top scholars and experts, covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.
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Coverage: 1974-1996. Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Series 1 through 6 have been released. They cover Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin American, and the Middle East.
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Covers 1420-1920. Explore five centuries of journeys across the globe, scientific discoveries, the expansion of European colonialism, conflict over territories and trade routes, and decades-long search and rescue attempts in this multi-archive collection dedicated to the history of exploration.
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1492-1969 The collection spans five centuries, charting the story of the rise and fall of empires; from the explorations of Columbus, Captain Cook, and others, right through to de-colonisation in the second half of the twentieth century and debates over American Imperialism.
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1919-1980 a collection of all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980: Each self-contained collection is clustered in a portal for ease of cross-searching and browsing or can be searched as part of the Archives Direct collection.
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1947-1980 a collection of files from the Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and Dominions Office focuses on the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Each self-contained collection is clustered in a portal for ease of cross-searching and browsing or can be searched as part of the Archives Direct collection.
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1919-1952 this collection makes available extensive coverage of British Foreign Office files dealing with Japan between 1919 and 1952. Each self-contained collection is clustered in a portal for ease of cross-searching and browsing or can be searched as part of the Archives Direct collection.
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1911-1949 The Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers collection provides access to Chinese newspapers of the period. Content is primarily in Chinese
Open Access to this collection is made possible through the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.
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a collection of open access materials for the study of South Asia sponsored by the Center for Research Libraries and Jstor. Material is primarily in English with the largest part of the collection being in social and economic history. Additional material on women's studies and caste & social structure is available. Material is open access but off campus access requires proxy to allow for cross searching with other Jstor material.