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Welcome to the Library's Modern History Guide. This guide is designed to help you navigate through the MQ Library's collection and services. Also it provides you with links to websites and electronic resources that are helpful for your research and assignments in the area of Modern History.

New items at MQ Library

Colonial America This link opens in a new window
Date range: 1606-1822
Geographical focus: US, Britain
This collection encompasses all 1,450 volumes of the CO 5 series of Colonial Office files held at The National Archives in London. Covering the period 1606 to 1822, this collection of largely manuscript material from the archives of the British government is useful for students and researchers of all aspects of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American history and the early-modern Atlantic world.

Socialism on Film: the Cold War and International Propaganda This link opens in a new window
This collection of films from the communist world reveals war, history, current affairs, culture and society as seen through the socialist lens. It spans most of the twentieth century and covers countries such as the USSR, Vietnam, China, Korea, much of Eastern Europe, the GDR, Britain and Cuba. This collection comprises of three modules: Module I : Wars & Revolutions, Module II: Newsreels & Cinemagazines, and Module III: Culture & Society.