Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong

Empire Online

Empire Online is an interactive digital collection of original documents relating to Empire Studies, enabling users to explore colonial history, politics, culture and society.

The collection features:

  • A thematic layout with sections covering Cultural Contacts, Literature of Empire, the Visible Empire, Religion, Race, Class and Imperialism.
  • Essays by all of our Consultant Editors introducing the material and suggesting possible pathways for research and teaching.
  • Thousands of images of unique source material including maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, paintings, drawings and rare books. All items are included in their entirety.
  • Detailed indexing that enables the sources to be explored in a variety of ways (by period, by date, by person and subject).
  • Sources spanning five centuries: from a translation of Columbus's 1492 voyage to 21st Century works on Imperialism
Subject coverage: colonial histroy, culture and society
Location: Web (remote access available)

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