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Age of Exploration
This multi-archive collection contains sources illustrating European maritime exploration from the earliest voyages of Vasco da Gama to the establishment of European settlements on every continent, the eventual discovery of the Northwest and Northeast Passages, and the race for the Poles.

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East India Company
A vast array of India Office Records from the British Library charting the history of the East India Company and much more between 1599 and 1947. ZSR has access to the following modules: Module I. A – D. Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947, Module II. G. Factory Records for South Asia and South East Asia, 1595 – 1830, Module III. G. Factory Records for China, Japan and the Middle East, 1596 – 1870, Module IV. E. Correspondence: Early Voyages, Formation and Conflict.

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Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia, 1963-1980
Official records focusing on Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines. ZSR provides access to Section I. Cold War in the Pacific, Trade Relations, and the Post-Independence Period, 1963-1966.

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North American City Reports
Contains the full text of surveys, budgets, statistical records, case studies, planning documents, training manuals, policy guidelines, reports, and news from the five hundred largest cities in North America. It also includes select materials from hundreds of related agencies and non-governmental organizations.

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New North American State, Provincial and Territorial Governments
Captures and preserves the executive, legislative, judicial, and social media content of North American state and provincial governments. Millions of records from more than 1,500 organizations across all forty countries and territories in North America, including Central America and the Caribbean. Coverage 2000 – present.

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The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Offers multiple perspectives on industrialization, expanding wealth, inequality and social change using personal and business records.

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Transformation of Shopping: Department Stores, Social Change and Consumerism, 1830-1994
Spanning more than 160 years of retail history, this resource uses company archives, trade journals and union records to explore how stores and shopping habits in industrialised society rapidly adapted to the transformation of consumer needs, social expectations, and technological advancements.

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New World Cities and Local Governments
Contains the full text of surveys, budgets, statistical records, case studies, planning documents, training manuals, policy guidelines, reports, and news from cities of all sizes from every continent, with particular attention to the Global South, spanning Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. It also includes select materials from hundreds of related agencies and non-governmental organizations.

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New World Governments
Captures and preserves the executive, legislative, and judicial, and other content of the governments of the UK, Ireland, Canada, and Oceania, including Australia and New Zealand, with additional coverage of a further 700+ government agencies from more than 180 countries.

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