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Mexico in History: Colonialism to Revolution is a collection of digitized primary sources covering Mexican history from Spanish colonization and the formation of New Spain through the Mexican War of Independence and then through the Mexican Revolution. Materials in this collection are sourced from the Bancroft Library at University of California, Berkeley's Latin Americana Collection.
This unique and highly visual resource offers a captivating look into the changing lives and societal expectations placed on girls and young women in the UK, US, and Australia throughout the twentieth century.
Hindi Cinema: Histories of Film-making is a collection of video interviews, on-set footage, photographs, and film posters that document the history of Bollywood cinema in the latter half of the 20th century and the early 21st century.
This multi-archive resource covers the development of the modern Olympic Games from 1896 to 1992, telling the story of the world’s biggest sporting event through primary sources while shining a light on key social and political phenomena throughout the twentieth century.