A-Z Databases

Decolonization: Politics and Independence in Former Colonial and Commonwealth Territories brings together material from within former British colonies and Commonwealth nations, alongside some from former French and Portuguese territories, to provide valuable primary source material created for local audiences by local actors during a period of enormous global change

Environmental History: Conservation and Public Policy in America, 1870-1980 documents the emergence of those concerns from different aspects of conservation and environmental public policy in North America in the modern era. The archive concentrates particularly on the role of various government agencies, conservation organizations and individual actors who pioneered the study of the natural environment and campaigned for its protection. This varied collection will give researchers opportunities to explore many different types of materials related to the early development of conservation policies and practices from the late nineteenth century onwards.

Environmental History: Colonial Policy and Global Development, 1896-1993 brings British government files from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office and the Ministry of Overseas Development and Overseas Development Administration together to provide information and insight into environmental issues and human-environment interactions throughout the globe, particularly in those places of influence of the former British Empire.