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November 7, 2024
On trial: State Papers: Eighteenth Century (Parts I and IV) TAGS: 1700's | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to Parts I and IV of State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782 from Gale. Part I …Continue reading →
The Invisible Cities Of Edinburgh TAGS: 1640's | 1700's | 1760's | 1770's | 1820's | 1830's | 1850's | 1890's | 1910's | 1960's | 2010's | Edinburgh | George Street | Invisible Cities | Italo Calvino | St. Andrew Square | Theses | Thomas Hosmer Shepherd | Yuri Herrera [Click images for full-size view] This study is concerned with examining the evolution of status areas in the context of Edinburgh. Status areas were defined in three period analyses in …Continue reading →
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