Empire Online charts the rise and fall of empires around the world over a span five centuries. Includes a mixture of printed, manuscript and visual primary source documents. Those studying – among other subjects – colonial history, society, trade and travel, politics and culture can explore a diverse range of topics and subjects from ship’s logs to missionaries in Africa. Empire Online provides varying points-of-view, with selections from American, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and German, as well as British perspectives. Also includes texts from the peoples of Africa, India and North America.
Thematic Sections:
Empire Online contents are based around five thematic sections.
- Cultural Contacts
- Empire Writing and the Literature of Empire
- The Visible Empire
- Religion and Empire
- Race, Class, Imperialism and Colonialism
Material Includes:
- Exploration journals and logbooks
- Letterbooks and correspondence
- Diaries and memoirs
- Official government papers
- Missionary papers
- Exhibition catalogues and guides
- Travel writing
- Periodicals
- Fictional books
- Photographs
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Posters
Provider: Adam Matthew
Coverage: Late 15th to early 21st century