Trial access to Area Studies: India (Adam Matthew)

Area Studies: India is a primary source database aiding the study of the British Indian Empire and the history, culture and literature of the Indian subcontinent from 1712 to 1942.

Highlights include:

• The official and personal papers of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, 1898-1905, from the India Office Records at the British Library
• Rare printed works of colonial literature from India and volumes of travel writing from Indians travelling to the West, 1712-1933
• Printed weekly abstracts compiled by the India Office, summarising both English- and Indian-language newspapers from British India