Databases

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society provides an extensive illustration of the developing world that was nineteenth century Britain. The collections within the archive provide a wealth of material on politics and political figures in the age of discontent and reform, working-class radicalism and the political response, as well as other developments in nineteenth-century society, such as industrialization, social deprivation and religion. All the collections offer an opportunity to undertake in-depth research of important and influential nineteenth-century issues using a wealth of original documents, ranging from memoranda to committee minutes, personal correspondence of key historical figures to diaries, government reports to personal narratives. At hand is a broad spectrum of material to facilitate study of the major political, industrial, social, and economic events during this period.