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American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900
American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900
American Periodicals Series, 1740-1900
American Periodicals Series Online, 1740-1900 includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. Published between 1741 and 1900, the more than 1,000 titles include Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal. Users can trace America's transition from colony to world power, or conduct in-depth research. Topics include: Revolution and independence; Slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow; Opening and settling the frontier; The changing role of women; The short story as an emerging genre; Advances in medicine and technology; Trends in politics, science, and religion.Access to this resource is possible from off campus. Click on Connect for Home for more information.
Posted on 3/10/03 by M. Yonezawa
