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Modern History

Find and use relevant resources for Modern History primary sources

Primary sources

Primary sources
Newspapers

Amnesty International Archives: a global movement for human rights 1960-1991 This link opens in a new window
BBC Handbooks, Annual Reports and Accounts, 1927-2001/2 This link opens in a new window
Cold War Eastern Europe, Module 1:1953-1960 This link opens in a new window
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
The Making of Modern Law: legal treatises 1800-1926 This link opens in a new window
Oral history online This link opens in a new window
Political Extremism and Radicalism in the Twentieth Century This link opens in a new window
Secret Files from World Wars to Cold Wars 1873 to 1953 This link opens in a new window
Socialism on Film: the Cold War and International Propaganda This link opens in a new window
Terrorism and U.S. policy 1968-2002 This link opens in a new window

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Factiva This link opens in a new window
Factiva provides full text access to news items from a wide range of international sources and news websites.
The Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2016 This link opens in a new window
Gale NewsVault This link opens in a new window

Secondary and tertiary sources

Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford scholarship online This link opens in a new window

Alexander Street Press This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new window
World history in video This link opens in a new window

American Historical Review This link opens in a new window
Comparative Studies in Society and History This link opens in a new window
Journal of Contemporary History This link opens in a new window
Journal of Modern History This link opens in a new window
Past and Present This link opens in a new window