{"id":1288,"date":"2017-10-25T14:24:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T14:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2017-10-25T14:24:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T14:24:37","slug":"on-trial-foreign-office-files-for-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2017\/10\/25\/on-trial-foreign-office-files-for-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"On trial: Foreign Office Files for Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you interested in Japanese history in the twentieth century? Do you want to know more about Anglo-Japanese ties in the first half of the twentieth century?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Library currently has trial access to Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1919-1952<\/strong> from Adam Matthew Digital. This database makes available extensive coverage of British Foreign Office files dealing with Japan between 1919 and 1952.<\/p>\n

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You can access the database via the E-resources trials<\/strong><\/a> page.
\nAccess is available both on and off-campus.<\/p>\n

Trial access ends 20th November 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The database is made up of 3 collections and documents Japan’s journey to modernity from the Treaty of Versailles to post-Second World War. The Foreign Office files cover British concerns over colonial-held territory in the Far East, as well as Japanese relations with China, Russia, Germany and the United States.<\/p>\n

Consisting of diplomatic dispatches, correspondence, maps, summaries of events and diverse material, this database unites formerly restricted Japan-centric documents.<\/p>\n

The 3 collections cover:<\/p>\n