American & Latin American Studies

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Access key US documents, including the Declaration of Independence, online.


Access 40 years of self-regulation and censorship in the film industry via detailed case files for nearly 20,000 film projects that were submitted to the Production Code staff. The collection also includes several hundred files for films reviewed by the Studio Relations Committee between 1927 and 1929, and a small number of files for films released after 1968. The selection includes films from every studio and genre, as well as examples of important foreign productions and independently made films. The Production Code Administration files document the self-regulation process from the first submission of a script, play, or literary property to the final approval of the finished film. The core of the files is the correspondence between the studios or producers and the staffs of the PCA and the MPAA. However, the files are also filled with letters to and from theater owners, censor boards, religious organizations, government entities, and other special interest groups that were concerned with the content of films.


US legislative information from the Library of Congress.


Reports dating from 2001 onwards prepared by analysts for members and committees of Congress. Useful primary sources on US foreign policy.


Access a range of statistics from the Census and Federal Government agencies


Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement encompasses an international set of resources to enrich study in a wide range of disciplines from media studies to philosophy.

Includes the Disability Rights Movement in 1960s and 1970s America.

The official historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. You can browse or search documents from 1861-1960.


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Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. You will find material relating to Native American history in the United States, Canada and Mexico.


A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through to reconstruction.


Migration to New Worlds explores the movement of people from Britain, Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia. Thematic areas include motives for emigration, port conditions and organisation and journey conditions.

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Good for US history and politics from the twentieth century onwards, this site contains declassified US documents.


A respected, non-partisan organisation based in the USA which carries out opinion polls, demographic research and other data-driven social science research. Look here for trusted reports and statistics about U.S. politics and policy; religion and public life; Hispanic trends; global attitudes and trends; and U.S. social and demographic trends; journalism and media; internet, science and technology.


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Explore documents, fanzines, photos and newsreel footage to help understand these key decades when consumer culture and pop music took off and protest movements were big news.

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Authoritative data going back to 1878 from the United States Census Bureau. For earlier years data is available via PDF or Zip files but more recent years have Excel spreadsheets available to download.



• USA.gov 

The official web portal of the U.S. government giving access to government information and services. You will also find a section aimed at visitors to the U.S.


Key links to information about the current Presidential Administration, including speeches, statements, legislation and major policy areas. 

 

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